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Re: Guys Who Describe Themselves As "Woman's Rights Champions"

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From: Mark Evans
Date: Mon, 20 May 1996 00:00
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howeird (howeird@netgate.net) wrote:
: In article <4nkn9u$bch@newsbf02.news.aol.com>, pangk@aol.com (PangK) wrote:
: >  Just a comment. EVERY guy I have seen who claimed to be a
: >CHAMPION for women's rights, was a neo-rapist!
: Neo? That means "new". "Neo-Nazi" means "new Nazi" as in a new generation. You 
: apparently thought is meant something else, since "new rapist" doesn't make a 
: whole lot of sense. One can only be a new rapist once. After that one becomes 
: either a "been there, done that" rapist, and/or an inmate. Or perhaps a 
: politician.
: 
: But your intended point is well-taken. I, for example, have been a champion of 
: equal rights for women since the late 60's, but that doesn't stop me from 
: appreciating the salient physical differences between myself and women, and 
: acting on that appreciation. 
: 
: My biggest gripe with the women's movement of the 60's-70's is the mistaken 
: impression most activists had that one couldn't both be sexual and in favor of 
: equal rights. Humbug! Just because someone is fun to boink doesn't mean he/she 
: shouldn't be hired for and paid equally for the same jobs as a person of the 
: opposite sex. Or be able to join the same sports teams, or use the same 
: facilities. 

Makes even less sense when you note that homosexual and bisexual people exist :-)
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From: mark@leasion.demon.co.uk (Mark Evans)
Subject: Re: Guys Who Describe Themselves As "Woman's Rights Champions"
Date: 1996/05/20
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