Xref: utzoo soc.men:17536 soc.women:25773 news.groups:18346 alt.config:1534 Path: utzoo!utgpu!jarvis.csri.toronto.edu!clyde.concordia.ca!uunet!aplcen!uakari.primate.wisc.edu!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!uwm.edu!psuvax1!rutgers!aramis.rutgers.edu!topaz.rutgers.edu!msmith From: msmith@topaz.rutgers.edu (Mark Robert Smith) Newsgroups: soc.men,soc.women,news.groups,alt.config Subject: Re: Men drowning out women posters Message-ID: Date: 4 Mar 90 03:49:38 GMT References: <22694@unix.cis.pitt.edu> Organization: Rutgers - The Police State of New Jersey Lines: 19 I can tell you part of why it won't happen. A large piece of the Internet transport mechanism for UseNet is run through Universities. Most Universities have a clause in their charter (or whatever) stating "discrimination on the basis of sex is not allowed" (among other discriminations not allowed). Thus, alt.women as a women-only group will be against the policy of most major Universities. Women-only means discrimination on the basis of sex. Now, a mailing list is an entirely different matter.... Mark -- Mark Smith, KNJ2LH All Rights Reserved RPO 1604 You may redistribute this article only if those who P.O. Box 5063 receive it may do so freely. New Brunswick, NJ 08903-5063 msmith@topaz.rutgers.edu