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From: ellen@reed.UUCP (Ellen Eades)
Newsgroups: net.women
Subject: Re: Re: When are you a man/woman?
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Date: Fri, 18-Oct-85 01:28:28 EDT
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Posted: Fri Oct 18 01:28:28 1985
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> STella Calvert, aka mrswjr
> > Jeff Lichtman

> >While it's true that one shouldn't have sex until one is mature enough to
> >handle it, but it doesn't follow that having sex turns one into an adult.
> A female human being old enough to have sex IS a woman -- if she falls for 
> this line, she is a STUPID woman.

I know Stella meant well, but I have to nitpick here, sorry:
I'm not sure what she means by "old enough to have sex".  There
have been cases where 18-month-old female infants have been
raped by their fathers.  There are also lots of women who were
verbally coerced into sex in their early teens, etc.  I think
the "sexually ready" definition is a little shaky.

Ellen
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