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From: [e-mail] (Bronis Vidugiris)
Subject: Re: Self Appreciation (was: Re: Elle MacPherson causes rape?)
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Date: Tue, 17 Nov 1992 23:20:49 GMT
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In article <[e-mail]> [e-mail] writes:
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)Peter,
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)As the book also says, most males will not understand what she has to say
)at all. I agree, you certainly proved that........

It's truly amazing how one can generalize from one man's position (which
happens to be misrepresented, IMO, as Peter seems to _understand_ what
the book said, he just didn't _agree_ with it), to 'all males'.

It may be true, however, that 'most males' won't understand the book, as
'most males' are probably not human and therfore cannot read :-)

)To show how male you are, you took a quote out of context to make readers
)think that she supports women being victims, at least that's what it appears
)you tried to do. She doesn't. Earlier in the same chapter she says:
)
)         "As her perceptions are validated, she will begin to trust
)          herself. She will become more willing to clarify and check
)          out her perceptions with less fear of recrimination. She
)          will learn to discriminate between those which are valid
)          and those which are not."

)What is being described at the point you quoted is the stages a women must
)go through during therapy. It is a therapy based on women's perceptions of
)the world.

This is actually a good point - too bad you had to stoop to slamming
'males' and Peter for 'being so male' rather than just making it.