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From: jackson@curium.DEC
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Subject: Re: Are the sexes the same?
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Date: Thu, 12-Sep-85 23:08:11 EDT
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Posted: Thu Sep 12 23:08:11 1985
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>The point I was trying to make was that, getting back to
>the things that drive both men and women, there is little
>difference except in their outward manifestations, which
>are moulded by society.  I have known men (and women) who
>use the outward differences as an excuse for not getting to
>know the person underneath--on the premise that "it's 
>impossible to understand them anyway."
> 
>Cheers,
>Pooh
 
Can't say I agree with this. The implication is that society is
to blame for creating artificial differences between men and
women. I think for the most part, society has reasons for the
customs it adopts. Usually, society adopts those customs that 
will allow it to function the as smoothly as possible. If society
treats men and women differently, isn't it possible that it does
so because of actual differences that have been observed over the
years?
--

"Trouble with you is the trouble with me
 Got two good eyes, but you still don't see"

					Seth Jackson
					dec-curium!jackson
					jackson@curium.DEC