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From: turpin@cs.utexas.edu (Russell Turpin)
Newsgroups: soc.feminism
Subject: Re: Why We Oppose Votes For Men
Summary: There is an irony within the irony.
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Date: 2 Jan 90 19:40:23 GMT
References: <1989Dec26.191501.21605@polyslo.CalPoly.EDU>
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[Further discussion along these lines should probably go to
talk.politics.misc -- AMBAR]

In article <1989Dec26.191501.21605@polyslo.CalPoly.EDU>, dgross@polyslo.CalPoly.EDU (Dave Gross) writes:
> WHY WE OPPOSE VOTES FOR MEN
>  
> by Alice Duer Miller
>
>     ... while their innate tendency to appeal to force renders 
>     them particularly unfit for the task of government.

The irony in this last is that government is about the
application of force.  If appeal to force is a "male"
(patriarchal?) value and mode, then government is, by its nature,
a "male" institution.  Those who do not like settling political
disagreements by appeal to force should join the ranks of the
anarchists and libertarians who seek to end or limit government
power. 

Russell