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From: linda@amdcad.UUCP (Linda Seltzer)
Newsgroups: net.women
Subject: Re: PMS and incompetence
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Date: Tue, 30-Jul-85 20:45:08 EDT
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Summary: PMS and competence

> 
> This is a serious question! Given that we coulda had Geraldine in
> office, this hidden and lets-not-even-talk-about-it subject
> does have bearing on *my* life today. Before answering with
> letter bombs and denying that any women gets weird: please
> realize that I'm not attacking *all* women or even those that
> have strong PMS.  I'm just wondering if such a thing should
> be taken into effect, and how does one go about "testing" for
> such things (I wouldn't take the word of a politician for *anything*!)?

There is a "test" - just look at the person's past performance.  Men
can have health problems interfering with their work too.  Anyone
can have any number of kinds of problems interfering with work.
Speaking of Geraldine...  at her age PMS may not be a factor for
us to worry about anymore.  And her past performance indicates
that she has not had medical problems interfering with her work.