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- From: holzman@d0gslb.fnal.gov (Daniel B. Holzman)
- Subject: Re: Living in a State of Siege
- References: <1992Dec18.184824.10383@rat.csc.calpoly.edu> <MUFFY.92Dec21154021@remarque.berkeley.edu>
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- Organization: Fermi National Accelerator Lab
- Date: Tue, 22 Dec 1992 23:17:27 GMT
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- In article <MUFFY.92Dec21154021@remarque.berkeley.edu>,
- muffy@remarque.berkeley.edu (Muffy Barkocy) writes:
- > No, the issue is that every time someone talks about the violence that
- > is practiced against women, some people here start shouting about the
- > violence that happens to men. Not only do they not seem to want us to
- > work on the problem *we* are concerned about, but they further want us
- > to work on *their* problems.
-
- Who is "we", Muffy? Violence against women is *my* problem, not because I
- share biological structures with a portion of perps, but it touches the lives
- of a great many women whose well-being is important to me. Violence against
- men is *my* problem because I am a target of it and because it touches the
- lives of a great many men whose well-being is important to me. Thus, I work on
- both. Thus I have cause to discuss both. If violence against men isn't *your*
- problem for the same reason that violence against men is *my* problem, why
- isn't it?
-
- Why is it that every time someone brings up violence against men, here or
- elsewhere, some feminists start shouting about violence against women, and how
- dare we focus on men's problems?
-
- Personally, I think I have enough time to deal with both. If you can only deal
- with one, don't be surprised if a bunch of people decide that they only have
- time for their problem and to hell with you and yours. This does not seem an
- effective tactic.
-
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- | All Acts of Love and Pleasure are
- Love doesn't subtract, | Her Rituals
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- | Speak the Word.
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