Re: Women involved in combat (was Re: fu&^%$#@!@#$%^&*()@#!~!`)

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From: Elisabeth Higgins
Date: Sat, 07 Sep 1996 00:00

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In article <50qb4o$7117@michiganj.intr.net>, rex@access.digex.net says...

>If this were typical, there would be no "violence against women laws".
>It would be "violence against people laws" only.

I am not aware of any "violence against women laws." Please provide some 
citation for this.

>***
>
>On a totally different note.  Can someone tell me how car insurance
>companies get away with charging men MORE, for the same coverage?

Look at HEALTH insurance coverage for a minute. I'll bet you I have to pay 
at least twice what you do. As a matter of fact, I'm guessing that, all 
things being equal, the discrepancy is greater for health insurance than it 
is for car insurance.

>Is this a form of sexism?  If the roles were reversed, would there be
>an outcry?

Yes, it is. And the roles ARE reversed, in the case of health insurance. I'd 
say the outcry is roughly equal on these issues, as it probably should be. 
You weren't even aware of the health insurance issue, were you?

-- 
"Sometimes, I think about how Don King once kicked a guy to death because 
that guy owed him twenty bucks. I don't even think he did it for the money. 
I think it was the principle of the thing. Man, I wish some guy owed ME 
twenty bucks!"                --Reid Rottach

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From: lisarea@netcom.com (Elisabeth Higgins)
Subject: Re: Women involved in combat (was Re: fu&^%$#@!@#$%^&*()@#!~!`)
Date: 1996/09/07
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