(CAUTION) Re: [HPforGrownups] Re: Stereotyping

[Rebecca Stephens]

No: HPFGUIDX 84995


--- Iggy McSnurd <coyoteschild at peoplepc.com> wrote:
> Iggy here:

> 
> I have made the mistake, on more than one occasion,
> of stating in front of a
> group of college women and older feminists that
> there are some areas in
> which women are still given preference.  (One of my
> more controversial
> questions to pit-bull feminists who scream for total
> equality is "Ok.. So
> are you willing to register for selective service
> and possibly get drafted
> into a war that you might not agree with and have to
> fight on the front
> line... to possibly die while supporting a cause
> that may belong to someone
> else?"  Their usual answer is "No, I'm not willing
> to do that."  My reply:
> "Ok, then when you're willing to be expected by
> society to take full and
> equal risk, whether you want to or not, come and
> talk to me.")


Well, I don't think of myself as a feminist, though I
suppose I am one.  I think men and women are equal and
should be treated as such.  I'm also in my twenties,
so I don't fit into the "older" category.

But I say that if men have to register for selective
service so should woment.  Equal is equal.  Now, I'm
glad I didn't have to.  But that doesn't mean I think
it's right.



Rebecca

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