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From: jackson@11367.DEC (SETH JACKSON 297-4751)
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Subject: Re: Why male dominance?
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Date: Wed, 5-Mar-86 22:07:27 EST
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>(in response to historical male dominance proving male superiority)
>Yes, Seth, and blacks should be slaves,
>Jews should be burned,
Christians should be fed to lions,
>Japanese should be put in internment camps,
>etc.  (have I said enough)
> 
>Please, Seth, tell me I misunderstood you. 

OK, you misunderstood me. Nowhere in my posting did I attempt to prove
male superiority or anything else. If you'll reread, you'll note that
I simply raised some questions about why things are the way they are.

The questions were raised in response to recent postings by women who
expressed a great deal of hostility toward men, suggesting that men are
involved in some kind of evil conspiracy against them. I'm simply
trying to point out that this is not the case.

My point is that the traditional gender roles evolved out of
some need of society, and was mutually agreed upon by men and women
at some point in time, as this arrangement allowed for a smoothly
functioning society. 

Today, many women are attempting to change the traditional gender roles.
Given that people are comfortable with the old way, it is to be expected 
that many people would fear and resist change. Rather than attempting to
force change through self-righteous anger, it would be far more 
productive to understand why things are they way they are, and to 
convince people that the new way can work better for everybody than the 
old way. If you can't convince people of that, than perhaps change
isn't such a good idea after all.
--
"Without love in the dream it'll never come true"

					Seth Jackson