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- From: gdb15@grebe.cl.cam.ac.uk (Guy Barry)
- Subject: Re: "Women on Top" by Nancy F.
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- Date: Fri, 22 Jan 1993 20:37:44 GMT
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- In article <1993Jan21.193823.5291@cbnewsd.cb.att.com> nance@cbnewsd.cb.att.com (nancy.l.colucci) writes:
- >In article <93020.0009092971047@QUCDN.QueensU.CA> <2971047@QUCDN.QueensU.CA> writes:
- >>I'm reading Nancy Friday's "Women on Top" (ab. 1/3 through). My question
- >>is this: Do you think that the women who contributed are representative of
- >>"women in general" ?
- >
- >I read parts of it, and I'll aver that the women who contributed are
- >representative of themselves.
- >
- >There ARE no women in general.
-
- That must be why I never find any in general.
-
- (By the way, don't you think Nancy Friday's an appalling writer? I
- found "My Mother, My Self" tedious in the extreme. The whole book
- could have been written in about a quarter the space, though no
- doubt then it would never have made it onto the bestseller lists.)
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