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- From: weverka@spot.Colorado.EDU (Robert T. Weverka)
- Subject: Newspaper followup - Male Bashing List Makes the Newspaper
- Message-ID: <1992Nov21.205425.24645@ucsu.Colorado.EDU>
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- Organization: University of Colorado, Boulder
- References: <1992Nov17.002438.5494@ucsu.Colorado.EDU>
- Date: Sat, 21 Nov 1992 20:54:25 GMT
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- In article <1992Nov17.002438.5494@ucsu.Colorado.EDU>:
- >
- >Boulder's local paper has this to offer. They welcome responses on their
- >Comment Line. From a touch-tone phone, dial (303) 444-3834, dial
- >extension 615 during the recording to leave a 30 second message.
- >
- >In the Sunday Camera November 15
- >----Begin included article----
- >*CLASSES FOR MALES
- > A flier is making its way along the Downtown Mall. It offers a list of so-
- >called _Seminars for Men_, put on by female staffers at whatever office you
- >happen to work. Here's a sampling: * Combating Stupidity
- >* You Can Do Housework, Too. * Parenting- No, It Doesn't End With Conception
- >* How to Put the Toilet Lid Down. * You Too Can Be a Designated Driver ...
- >----End included article----
-
- Today's paper has the followup.
- In the Saturday Camera November 21
- ----Begin included article----
- FEEDBACK / Responding to our readers
- --Headline:--
- Men jokes: For some readers they're nothing to snicker at
-
- --readers calls:--
- "I'm referring to Talk of the
- Town Sunday. I'm tired of male-
- bashing, especially white-male
- bashing, and whining on the part
- of all minorities. I'm tired of this
- paper printing things that will
- incite males and females to ar-
- gue."
-
- "I'm calling from Columbus,
- Ohio. I just received notification
- that you've published a story
- called 'Classes for males,' a joke
- list, typical male-basing. By
- publishing only a bunch of men's
- jokes and not publishing the
- equivalent for women, you're be-
- ing sexist. So you've got my
- opinion. I think you've stooped to
- sexism."
-
- --Paper's comment:--
- Sexism? Incitement to argue?
- From one item in Talk of the
- Town last Sunday? From Ohio?
- I'd suggest that we're mainly
- guilty of running some old jokes.
-
- ----End included article----
- It appears that the original posting got the attention of
- a Columbus soc.men reader. Good going. We got a little
- understanding in the headline.
-
- -Ted
-
-