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- From: margoli@watson.ibm.com (Larry Margolis)
- Subject: Re: sexist assumptions
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- Date: Sun, 24 Jan 1993 23:41:15 GMT
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- In <C1D6qo.8rv@cs.psu.edu> beaver@castor.cs.psu.edu (Don Beaver) writes:
- >peri@cco.caltech.edu (Michal Leah Peri) writes:
- >>beaver@castor.cs.psu.edu (Don Beaver) writes:
- >>
- >>>peri@cco.caltech.edu (Michal Leah Peri) writes:
- >>>>beaver@castor.cs.psu.edu (Don Beaver) writes:
- >>>>>Man A's condom breaks, woman has abortion, man A pays no child support.
- >>>>>Man B's condom breaks, woman has child, man B pays $200,000.
- >>
- >>>Man A and man B have acted identically. But only man B can be "fined"
- >>>(and indeed possibly imprisoned). Why the difference?
- >>
- >>Because man B has a child that he is obliged to support. Man A does not.
- >
- >You've restated the problem, not answered it.
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- In case A there is no child.
- In case B there is a child.
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- If there is no child to support, there can be no child support.
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- Larry Margolis, MARGOLI@YKTVMV (Bitnet), margoli@watson.IBM.com (Internet)
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