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From: peter@athena.mit.edu (Peter J Desnoyers)
Newsgroups: news.admin,misc.legal,soc.women
Subject: Re: Proposed lawsuit
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Date: 18 Jul 88 15:05:46 GMT
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In article <12180@agate.BERKELEY.EDU> era1987@violet.berkeley.edu writes:
>
>Your site, MIT, Peter, didn't use to admit females. 

Check your facts. The men who founded MIT may not have wished to
create a coed school, but they forgot to put that in writing. They
created one of the first co-educational engineering schools in this
country. 

>It is obvious that you have never encountered an
>emancipated woman

You insult the women who I have encountered.

>The first Black to say, "Don't
>call me boy," got similar treatment from bigots like you.  They said,
>"Why does that ol' colored boy get so teed off when we call him boy?"

The first woman who objected to being called 'girl' probably got a
similar response. It is now regarded as blatant sexism to so address
someone. I did not address you as 'girl'.

>I hope the analogy helps you overcome your learning disability.
>
>--Mark

I do not like being insulted in this way, and I am especially offended
by someone who uses a recognized handicap as an insult, in a manner
which demeans those who are so handicapped.

				Peter Desnoyers
				peter@athena.mit.edu