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- From: sunderl@obvius.stl.dec.com (Mike Sunderland)
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- Subject: Re: Fundamentalists and the clitoris
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- Date: 17 Nov 92 05:25:45 GMT
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- anderson@macc.wisc.edu (Jess Anderson) writes:
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- >Oh, we don't have a lock on Puritanism, and I believe
- >Australia has at least the normal amount of sexism -- more
- >than that, according to the few data points I know about.
-
- Australia certainly has its share of sexism - it's built into the system.
- Puritanism == sexism??? Maybe you just meant that the 2 go together? Maybe
- you don't understand puratanism. I think the most usefull sex guide I ever
- read was a book called "The Puritan Sex Manual" - can't remember the author.
- It was great because it had lots of good stuff to say about relationships.
-
-
- >>If you want to be stereo-typed and caricatured then go right ahead and keep
- >>on doing what your doing now, because it makes you sound like a raving bloody
- >>loony.
-
- >While your remark, presumably, is free of stereotypes and
- >couldn't possibly be the result of raving or looniness, one
- >gathers. Was that it?
-
- Just trying to stimulate enough discussion to get some answers.
-
- >>If you want to foster some understanding and honesty, then be ready
- >>to listen and be listened to.
-
- >Knowing how to read satire might help a bit, too.
-
- Oh! You mean you thought I really meant the bit where I said 'Let's saddamise
- them all' ? ;-)
-
- >>And BTW, isn't there a lot more to life than
- >>seeking pleasurable experiences?
-
- >Under what I would call the most useful definition of
- >pleasure, the answer to that would be no, seeking
- >pleasurable experience would be *all* of life.
-
- So what is your definition of pleasure? And does "useful" == "true"?
-
- >--
- >Jess Anderson <> Madison Academic Computing Center <> University of Wisconsin
- >Internet: anderson@macc.wisc.edu <-best, UUCP:{}!uwvax!macc.wisc.edu!anderson
- >Room 3130 <> 1210 West Dayton Street / Madison WI 53706 <> Phone 608/262-5888
- ><> <> <> Discrimination, Bigotry, and Hate are not Family Values <> <> <>
-
- Fair enough! Though discrimination can be made to mean what ever you want it
- to mean.
-
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