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From: greenber@timeinc.UUCP (Ross M. Greenberg)
Newsgroups: net.women
Subject: Re: PMS and incompetence
Message-ID: <346@timeinc.UUCP>
Date: Mon, 22-Jul-85 15:15:49 EDT
Article-I.D.: timeinc.346
Posted: Mon Jul 22 15:15:49 1985
Date-Received: Thu, 25-Jul-85 02:37:32 EDT
References: <993@ubc-vision.CDN> <202@ihlpl.UUCP>
Reply-To: greenber@timeinc.UUCP (Ross M. Greenberg)
Organization: Time, Inc. - New York
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Summary: 

In article <532@ihu1m.UUCP> gadfly@ihu1m.UUCP (Gadfly) writes:
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>Oh boy--more misogyny.  First off, this did not seem to deter the
>British, Israelis or Indians from electing women, who certainly 
>did not manifest any such problems carrying out their duties.  

Notice the question.  I asked whether such things as PMS should be
taken into account.  Nothing there would indicate any misogyny!!
Just a question.  I don't know it it has any validity --- that's why
it was posed as a question!

>Second, I'd take a woman's possible once a month weirdness to a man's
>permanently fragile ego, which loves to get into wars to "prove" its
>"manhood", any day.  Third, just look at the string of male leaders
>we've had--how could it get any worse?

Sad but true....
Hence the answer to the aforementioned question becomes even more
important!

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