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From: phil@rice.ARPA
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Subject: Asimov and women
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Date: Tue, 22-Oct-85 03:06:23 EDT
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From: William LeFebvre <phil@rice.ARPA>

From: carol at MIT-CIPG at mit-mc
> Yes, Davis Tucker, Isaac Asimov does come off as being chauvinistic
> toward women.  He declares himself to be a former chauvinist, now
> reformed, but what this amounts to, as far as I can tell, is:
> 
> Women are so cute, and cuddly, and mysterious, and I just want to
> kiss them all!....(and they're smart, too).

I would hardly call Asimov's character Susan Calvin a "cute and cuddly"
woman!  So, at least if Asimov is a "former chauvinist" then it doesn't
always carry over into his s.f.

			William LeFebvre
			Department of Computer Science
			Rice University
			<phil@Rice.arpa>
                        or, for the daring: <phil@Rice.edu>