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From: crs@lanl.ARPA
Newsgroups: net.women
Subject: Re: Changing Roles
Message-ID: <29043@lanl.ARPA>
Date: Wed, 31-Jul-85 10:19:33 EDT
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Posted: Wed Jul 31 10:19:33 1985
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> 
> >I realize a lot of people out there would rather believe that the discrepancy
> >is entirely the result of discrimination; the pursuit of truth can be most
> >unpleasant to those who are so damn certain they have it all wrapped up in
> >a neat little bundle.
> 
> At the same time, there are a lot of people out there who would rather
> believe that the discrepancy is entirely the result of women's inherent
> incompetence (thanks to factors such as PMS).  It's *so* much easier to rule
> someone out of the game at the start than to have to compete with them. As
> you say, the pursuit of truth can be most unpleasant to those who are so damn
> certain they have it all wrapped up in a neat little bundle.
> 
This is starting to sound a lot like the net.abortion arguments that
(all too often) overflow into net.women.

Is it time to start net.PMS?	(:->)/2

-- 
All opinions are mine alone...

Charlie Sorsby
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