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- From: paleblue@byron.u.washington.edu (Hermes)
- Newsgroups: alt.angst
- Subject: Re: logic confounding people unclear on the concept
- Date: 21 Jan 1993 15:22:29 GMT
- Organization: University of Washington, Seattle
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- In article <1993Jan20.200049.17654@organpipe.uug.arizona.edu> rperkins@astro.as.arizona.edu (Rachel J. Perkins) writes:
- >In article <1jjsb2INN603@shelley.u.washington.edu> paleblue@byron.u.washington.edu (Hermes) writes:
- >>i write:
- >>>>Unfortunately, I'm not good at angst. Do you think I should become a man?
- >>>>Do men have less angst than women? I want as little angst as possible.
- >>>
- >>>then go away. or we'll suck you in, we'll make your life HELL!!!!
- >>
- >>I don't believe in Hell. :)
- >
- >i believe in hell on earth. i've been there.
-
- it's just a state of mind.
- >
- >>>men do not have less angst than women, they're just overrepresented here due
- >>>to the nature of the medium, and its social implications.
- >>
- >>but I though women had that oppression thing. You know, patriarchy and stuff.
- >>If I was a man maybe I could focus better since I wouldn't have to worry about
- >>being opressed and junk. Agree?
- >
- >
- >"that opression thing"? what the hell are you talking about, a yeast infection?
-
- you know. That feminism stuff. Brownmiller and Steinem and Stein and Anthony
- and so on. It's like this theory where men control everything and so women
- aren't really free they're just doing what men want.
- >
- >angst isn't just about repression. i don't think a person's sex has any impact
- >on the amount of angst they have. it depends on each person individually.
-
- Oh yeah I'm into that individualism thing, but I just thought that if I
- became a man I could find out once and for all if there IS a difference, just
- in case there is one. Could we maybe take a vote or something?
-
- -Hermes
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