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From: regard@ttidcc.UUCP (Adrienne Regard)
Newsgroups: net.women
Subject: PMS and incompetence (and the dreaded testosterone poisoning
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Date: Mon, 5-Aug-85 17:09:03 EDT
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Posted: Mon Aug  5 17:09:03 1985
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Sunny talks about her experiences as a man.

Jeff talks about why these experiences may not have validated Sunny's point.

Then speaks: Rob DeMillo

>Very well said, Jeff. Sunny had a personal experience that made her
>take - what was for her - a very natural step. Now, to extrapolate
>that to even a larger percentage of people then herself is uncalled
>for.

Ah, but the subject line supposedly is "PMS and incompetence", which
has excited numerous postings about generic "women" as in plural, as in
not-personal-experiences, but an extrapolation to a larger percentage
of people.  Rob, you might have pointed this out, too.  You and Jeff are
certainly locked on to a reasonable point, to wit:

One can hardly discount a personal comment and personal rebuttal -- these
are experiences of the posters, and one must assume them to be somewhat
based in fact-- but one can avoid making generalizations about it.

but the whole subject lacks validity by this criteria.  It is no more
reasonable to ask if PMS affects competence than it is to ask if
testosterone poisoning affects competence.