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- From: lynch@ils.nwu.edu (Richard Lynch)
- Subject: Re: Elle MacPherson causes rape?
- Message-ID: <1992Nov8.003348.27187@ils.nwu.edu>
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- Date: Sun, 8 Nov 1992 00:33:48 GMT
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- In article <1992Nov7.170150.12610@dragon.acadiau.ca> 891666t@dragon.acadiau.ca (Trish Turliuk) writes:
- >kytan@mantra.fia.dmg.ml.com (Kok-Yong Tan) writes:
- >>their feminine vibes (since they are societally bound not to have to come up to
- >>you to ask you for a date and have you stare down your nose at them like
- >>something slimy just crawled up to you.) Do you notice that the women (that
- >>I've met, anyway) who DO come to ask you for a date DON'T have any problems
- >>with Elle calendars? :-)
- >
- >Rash generalization alert! RGA! I ask men on dates as much as they ask me.
- >It doesn't bother me that a man will find a real woman who walks by
- >beautiful (unless she's composed of several artificial features: loads'o'makeup,
- >peroxide/dye, killer coloured nails). It *does* bother me that what society
- ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
- >has governed to be beautiful is put up on a wall. Unrealistic objectification.
- ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
- >
- >My 2 cents on a cloudy saturday in Nova Scotia.
- >Trish
- >
-
- So shall we tear down the L'ouevre next week?...
-
- Sorry, but either you're not expressing yourself well, or you're being most
- illogical about one particular form of artwork.
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- "TANSTAAFL" lynch@aristotle.ils.nwu.edu
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