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- From: rhayden@oracle.com (Ronald Hayden)
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- Subject: Re: Men Not Getting It (was Re: Twice Fucked)
- Message-ID: <RHAYDEN.92Nov15180010@hqsun2.oracle.com>
- Date: 16 Nov 92 02:00:10 GMT
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- In article <1992Nov15.165152.23276@tc.cornell.edu> shore@dinah.tc.cornell.edu (Melinda Shore) writes:
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- Good question. I'm coming to believe that the people (not
- just men) who do get it are ones who have had some direct
- experience with institutionalized oppression.
-
- Hmm. I like to think that I 'get it', but I don't really fit into
- this mold. I'm a white male who hasn't experienced unusual direct
- oppression (other than the standard lack of insurance
- benefits/marriage rights/etc).
-
- Perhaps it's more a factor of how self-confident the individual is.
- If you're confident of your own sexuality, you're less likely to be
- bothered by others. If you're confident of your place in male/female
- interactions, you're less likely to have a problem with women. And
- further, you're more likely to be sympathetic to the plight of others
- if you're confident of your place in the world.
-
- Just a theory.
-
-
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- - Ronald Hayden
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