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From: leary@batcomputer.TN.CORNELL.EDU (Pat Leary)
Newsgroups: net.women
Subject: In defense of Cheryl
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Date: Fri, 7-Feb-86 16:55:26 EST
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Posted: Fri Feb  7 16:55:26 1986
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Just to add a new & different note to the discussion, I would like to say
that I must agree with some of the points Cheryl has raised.  And don't think
I'm saying this just because she's a co-worker of mine; I'll be the first to
admit that she's an obnoxious bitch (only joking, Cheryl, only joking...)

Some of you have said that yes, there are men who are sexist assholes, but
(and I quote) "that's their problem."  The point is, however, that it's also
very much women's problem; to pretend otherwise is like saying racism was
just the "problem" of the Southern lynch-mobs who held those racist attitudes.
Similarly, I believe that women do have the right to criticize other women 
(civilly, one hopes) who behave like female Uncle Toms, because what one
individual does ultimately *does* affect others.  If enough females accept
lower pay in my field, that will become the standard for my field; if enough
females make the "individual decision" to follow their husbands at the ex-
pense of their own careers, it will become (or reinforce) the standard ex-
pectation in society that women should follow their husbands. So what others
do *can* hurt me.