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- From: dswartz@sw.stratus.com (Dan Swartzendruber)
- Newsgroups: soc.women
- Subject: Re: Vietnam Women's Memorial Project Kicks Off Countdown to Dedication in 1993
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- Date: 18 Nov 92 18:02:20 GMT
- References: <1992Nov12.104112.2708@mdcbbs.com> <1992Nov18.162148.28589@das.harvard.edu>
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- In article <1992Nov18.162148.28589@das.harvard.edu>, stewart@geophysics.harvard.edu (Cheryl Stewart) writes:
- > In article 2708@mdcbbs.com, rivero@mdcbbs.com (Michael Rivero) writes:
- > >In article <1992Nov11.232907.8586@r-node.gts.org>, ndallen@r-node.gts.org (Nigel Allen) writes:
- > >|> Here is a press release from the Vietnam Women's Memorial Project Inc.
- > >|>
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- > But if the other monument only honors men, thent THAT'S a sexist and
- > exculsionary monument as well. For instance, my mother's sister who
- > was killed in Laos in 1968 is not on the wall. What you're saying
- > here is that if the wall is for people who DIED then it's OK to
- > exclude women, but if the wall is for people who served, then you
- > have to include men? It seems a little lopsided to me, man.
-
- No, Cheryl. What is lopsided is the ratio of men killed in Vietname to
- women killed there. What was it, something like 50,000 to 8?
-
- I was under the impression that the original memorial was *not* excluding
- women; that if a woman died, her name was eligible for the wall. In any
- event, I feel there is a difference between a memorial for all veterans who
- did X, but the few women who did X are unofficially discriminated against
- getting recognition; and a memorial for all women who did X. Again, if anyone
- knows for a fact that women vets who died were or were not eligible for the
- memorial, I'd like to know for sure.
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- Dan S.
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