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In article <2nnk8r$hih@dartvax.dartmouth.edu>
molly@coos.dartmouth.edu (Revolver) writes:
 
>tala@crl.com (Tala Brandeis) writes:
>
or (my attributions went out the window, sorry)
 
>>wat@athena.Eng.Sun.COM (William) writes:
>
>
>>Welllll;  Being a dyke probably has very little to do with being
>>feminine, at least in the way most men understand feminine.  Actually,
>>being a dyke has much more to do with being a woman and having
>>the consciousness of being female in a patriarchal culture.
>
>>Certainly one may have attraction to other women and be a lesbian,
>>but even that at some point requires a female, a woman's consciousness
>>to be part of the culture of women and not just part of "the bar
>>scene."
 
to which Molly replies:
 
>*sigh*  So being in love with a woman doesn't make me a dyke?  Damn,
>and I thought I'd finally figured it out.
>
>And my straight female friends who have far more "enlightened women's
>consciousnesses" than I do are more dykey than me?
>
>*sigh*  Thanks, but no thanks.  I'll stick to my illusion that being a
>woman-LOVING woman makes me a dyke.  My label, I'll define it.
>
My thoughts exactly!
A friend of mine once said that she thought some women were lesbians
because of political reasons and some 'just were'.  I find it
very sad that anyone would chose lover for political reasons.
 
Sammie