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From: jagardner@watmath.UUCP (Jim Gardner)
Newsgroups: net.books
Subject: Re: Feminist Reading Material Followup
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Date: Fri, 30-Aug-85 12:53:32 EDT
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An interesting point about "woman writers" that I've noticed in
net.sf-lovers.  When someone prefers the work of female authors
to that of male authors, the person says, "I like women writers."
When someone prefers the work of male authors to that of female
authors, the person says, "I don't like women writers."  For all
the progress we have made, female authors are still the anomaly
that requires comment.

				Jim Gardner, University of Waterloo