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From: rbutterworth@watmath.UUCP
Newsgroups: ont.singles
Subject: Re: single-type activity
Message-ID: <6493@watmath.UUCP>
Date: Tue, 31-Mar-87 12:52:58 EST
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Posted: Tue Mar 31 12:52:58 1987
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In article <3196@watdcsu.UUCP>, tknight@watdcsu.UUCP ( Computing Services) writes:
> ... have you stopped to consider there are women reading this.

Oh no!  Not women!
What kind of an attitude is that?
Have you stopped to consider there are human beings reading this?

Do you still live in a world where people have to adjust their comments
because there are women present who might overhear?  Do you still believe
in the victorian custom of fainting at the mention of anything that might
offend a lady's delicate ears?  Perhaps all women should stop reading
news and let their husbands, fathers, brothers, or whoever, show them
only those articles that are suitable for a lady.  Besides, what are they
doing reading news anyway?  Why aren't they at home cooking, cleaning,
and having babies?

If a remark truly is offensive, it should be offensive to everyone.