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- From: Marv.Cotton@fquest.FidoNet.Org (Marv Cotton)
- Newsgroups: alt.missing-kids
- Subject: Proposal for reorganizati
- Message-ID: <725305355.2@fquest.FidoNet>
- Date: 24 Dec 92 01:01:00 GMT
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- TO: Chris.Holt@newcastle.ac.uk (Chris Holt)
- >Organization: University of Newcastle upon Tyne, UK, NE1 7RU
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- CH>forb0004@student.tc.umn.edu (Eric Forbis ) writes:
- >>In article <1992Dec11.201041.608057@zeus.calpoly.edu>
- >dgross@zeus.calpoly.edu (Dave Gross) writes:
-
- CH>>> soc.manumission (moderated)
- >>>
- >>> Analogous to soc.feminism, this would be a moderated group for
- >>>posting news and thoughtful analysis of men's issues. Followups
- >>>regularly set to soc.men, alt.dads-rights or soc.feminism.d. I forsee
- thi
- >>>group as one of fairly low traffic.
-
- CH>Uh, why "manumission", as analogous to feminism? Is the idea
- >that feminism is associated with liberation really that accepted
- >nowadays?
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- CH>>> soc.men
- >>>
- >>> Posters would encourage a man-friendly atmosphere and refer
- >>>debates and flames and acrimonious discussion of feminism to
- >>>soc.feminism.d or alt.flame.
-
- CH>>And this is the only change I disagree with. Feminism directly impacts men
- >>today, and usually in a negative manner.
-
- CH>Hee hee. Quite a peculiar viewpoint; but to each their own.
-
- CH>>Criticizing feminism (radical,
- >>academic, whatever) is thus an integral function of the men's movement,
- >>and telling men to take their criticisms of an ideology that vilifies them
- >>to that enemy's camp.... ugh, simply unconscionable.
-
- CH>I would have thought the men's movement would be more interested in
- >doing positive things, than simply reacting negatively to other
- >viewpoints. Certainly the masculists I know don't see their agenda
- >as conflicting with that of feminists (except the radical masculists,
- >who I assume are as representative as radical feminists).
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- > Chris.Holt@newcastle.ac.uk Computing Lab, U of Newcastle upon Tyne,
- UK
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- Chris, could you stay a little closer to topic.
- Thanks, Marv Cotton
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