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Subject: Re: Why male dominance?
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Date: Tue, 25-Feb-86 10:29:57 EST
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> Some questions for all you feminists out there (men and women alike):
>
> [feminists claim that the sexes are equal]...
> 
> How do you account for the evolution of this male dominance? If the
> sexes are in fact equal, what motivation would men have for wanting
> to put women in a subservient role? Also, by what means have men
> managed throught 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

What choice do they have?  Honestly, Seth, you are grasping at straws.
And even if your simplistic analysis were true, how would that justify
the situation?  After all, humans have lived under tyrannical monarchs
for thousands of years.  Many do even today.  Does that make it right?
Why would men want to put women in a subservient role?  Heck, men
usually want to put other *men* in a subservient role.

Your error, Seth, is in the assertion that feminists believe that
the men and women are, or even started off, "equal".  The obvious
biological differences led to obvious differences in social roles.
The--well I should say *A*--feminist position is that many of these
role differences are no longer necessary, if they indeed ever were.
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