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From: cs1@oddjob.UUCP (Cheryl Stewart)
Newsgroups: net.women
Subject: Re: PMS and incompetence
Message-ID: <870@oddjob.UUCP>
Date: Wed, 24-Jul-85 15:55:07 EDT
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Posted: Wed Jul 24 15:55:07 1985
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Reply-To: cs1@oddjob.UUCP (Cheryl Stewart)
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In article <532@ihu1m.UUCP> gadfly@ihu1m.UUCP (Gadfly) writes:
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>> An interesting question:  Let's assume that a women were to run for
>> President, Prime Minister (Hi, Maggie!), or whatever.  Should her
>> PMS (or lack thereof) be taken into consideration? 
>> Since *some* women get VERY weird due to PMS, and these women
>> (if elected to office) would conceivable have their emotions doing
>> weird things during some important decision process, shouldn't this
>> be taken into account?
>> 
>> Ross M. Greenberg
>
>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.  
>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?
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And, may I add, women *know* when their hormones are going to 
be acting up--men's are completely unpredictable (ever wonder
why academic men wear such baggy pants?  It's pretty embarassing
when a cute co-ed struts in late and the guy's hormones make his
favorite organs do funny things! It's hard to cover up the sudden
confusion that enters his brain, though!)  I think men should be
kept at home, because they clearly have a hard time dealing with
the presence of attractive, capable, intelligent women!  Besides,
if men all worked, who would keep the house painted and the cars
in good repair?  Who would watch the children?  Girls are nice
and can pretty much take care of themselves, but a boy and his
budding hormonal problems, agression, tendency to wreck cars,
get into fights, NEED the presence of a man at home to provide
discipline, show him how to fix cars, etc.  I think all this nonsense about men working
outside the home should stop immediately!

Cheryl Stewart


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