Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.3 alpha 4/3/85; site ukma.UUCP Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!burl!ulysses!mhuxr!ihnp4!cbosgd!ukma!sean From: sean@ukma.UUCP (Sean Casey) Newsgroups: net.women Subject: Re: Madonna Message-ID: <1848@ukma.UUCP> Date: Wed, 5-Jun-85 19:53:09 EDT Article-I.D.: ukma.1848 Posted: Wed Jun 5 19:53:09 1985 Date-Received: Sat, 8-Jun-85 03:03:18 EDT References: <333@cmu-cs-edu1.ARPA> Reply-To: sean@ukma.UUCP (Sean Casey) Organization: The White Tower @ The Univ. of KY Lines: 32 I didn't see a Madonna video until I had heard her first couple of hits, one of which was 'Borderline'. I like her songs, and now that I've seen her videos, think she is cute. As for being "slut- like" or "sex-kitten", those are subjective attitudes applied by peo- ple influenced by the prevailing attitude of our society. How about Elton John, who is quite gay? I have friends who won't listen to his music because of his sexual preference. Their loss. I don't give a ____ who he likes; I like his music. The really sad thing is when people try to force their prejudice on others, or hurt those they are prejudiced against. Someone posted a bulletin which, summarized, says "I wouldn't want my daughter to be like Madonna". Assuming we are talking about easy sexual promiscuousity, the questions this person should be asking are whether such a thing is desirable, and if is it indeed harmful. Good questions, which I am not about to try and answer. The best advice I could give is to make sure that anyone at that stage of their lives be properly educated about what they are considering getting into. By the time they are that old, it is nearly impossible to stop them, short of keeping them on a chain. In my opinion, the best thing to do is keep them informed sufficiently so that they will make make the best decisions on their own. -- - Sean Casey UUCP: {cbosgd,anlams,hasmed}!ukma!sean - Department of Mathematics ARPA: ukma!sean@ANL-MCS.ARPA - University of Kentucky