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  3. From: beaver@castor.cs.psu.edu (Don Beaver)
  4. Newsgroups: alt.dads-rights,soc.men,soc.women,misc.legal,alt.feminism
  5. Subject: Re: Sexual Discrimination
  6. Message-ID: <C1J9G5.8Js@cs.psu.edu>
  7. Date: 27 Jan 93 22:07:16 GMT
  8. References: <1993Jan26.185700.29755@midway.uchicago.edu> <C1IpA6.H47@cs.psu.edu> <1993Jan27.195411.28410@netcom.com>
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  13. payner@netcom.com (Rich Payne) writes:
  14. ><C1IpA6.H47@cs.psu.edu> beaver@castor.cs.psu.edu (Don Beaver) writes:
  15.  
  16. >>That's like saying that women had no desire to be company president
  17. >>in the 1950's because they didn't apply.  Perhaps there were a few
  18. >>exceptions:  those cases where an exceptionally talented woman pushed
  19. >>her way through.  Only the truly exceptional women would even pursue 
  20. >>it; the others wouldn't waste the time, effort, and money, because
  21. >>the sexism was a pure and clear obstacle.
  22. >>
  23. >>If 70% of women who applied for company president were accepted
  24. >>under such circumstances, I, for one, would not conclude that women
  25. >>were treated equally or better than men.
  26. > 
  27. >Why is it that if "70% of women who applied for company president were 
  28. >accepted" you would not expect sexist hiring pactices? 
  29. > 
  30. >[,,,___,,,]
  31.  
  32. I don't understand your question -- where did I say anything like that?
  33.  
  34. Maybe it's the [,,,___,,,] symbol?  What does it mean?
  35.  
  36. Don
  37. -- 
  38. beaver@cs.psu.edu                       Opinions from the PC-challenged
  39.