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- From: pauli@sgi.com (Paul Isaacs)
- Newsgroups: soc.motss
- Subject: Re: The Melmon Method (was Dworkin)
- Message-ID: <1haaafINNml2@fido.asd.sgi.com>
- Date: 23 Dec 92 18:14:39 GMT
- References: <mattm-221292104543@mcmelmon.apple.com> <168C5CC0E.SURGDM@mizzou1.missouri.edu> <mattm-221292152459@mcmelmon.apple.com>
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- In article <mattm-221292152459@mcmelmon.apple.com> mattm@apple.com (Matthew Melmon) writes:
- >
- >The feministas have been tripping over themselves to come up with
- >these inane - yet 'controversial' - gimicks. My favorite:
- >
- > A woman needs a man like a fish needs a bicycle.
- >
-
- Where did this line come from?
- The first time I heard it was in a U2 song.
- Does it have a prior history in the "feminista" movement?
- And there I though U2 was being so clever.
-
- pauli.
-
- P.S. I think it's a great phrase. Puts all those men who think they're
- Goddess's gift to women but have no concept of what women really need
- or want right in their place. (Note: all those men who... != all men)
-
- P.P.S. Are you going to call me names now?
-