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From: jeff@rtech.UUCP (Jeff Lichtman)
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Subject: Re: Why male dominance?
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Date: Sun, 23-Feb-86 02:45:12 EST
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> 
> How do you account for the evolution of this male dominance?

On the average, men have better left hooks than women do. :-(

> If the
> sexes are in fact equal, what motivation would men have for wanting
> to put women in a subservient role?

The simple-minded ethic that "if you have less, then I have more."

> Also, by what means have men
> managed throughout history to "keep women in their place"? I don't see
> much evidence that men are threatening women with guns or physical 
> violence, so why do the majority of women cooperated throughout history 
> and continue to cooperate with this male-dominated society?
> --
> 				Seth Jackson

You've got to be kidding.  Have you ever heard of rape and wife-beating?
Have you ever read what Freud said about women?  Have you ever seen the
way women are portrayed in popular entertainment?

There are so many examples that it would be impossible to list them all.
Sexism is part of the air that we breathe.
-- 
Jeff Lichtman at rtech (Relational Technology, Inc.)
"Saints should always be judged guilty until they are proved innocent..."

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