From: evelynchimelisleeper@gmail.com   
      
   On 5/11/25 9:34 PM, Joy Beeson wrote:   
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   > 11 May 2025   
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   > (Herland, 1915 novel written by Charlotte Perkins Gilman.)   
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   > It being Mother's Day, I was reminded of a review of   
   > _Herland_ the author of which thought it a grievous flaw in   
   > the book that the Herlanders thought that motherhood was   
   > important.  (Sorry; no cite; I skimmed over it weeks ago.)   
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   > Which makes me wonder why some men want to be women when   
   > women are being vigorously assured that they can't possibly   
   > be equal to men unless they are indistinguishable from men   
   > -- any interest in traditional female pursuits such as food,   
   > clothing, shelter, and the propagation of the species must   
   > be roundly denounced.   
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   The characterization that "some men want to be women" is (IMHO) a gross   
   mis-statement of what is going on.   
      
   --   
   Evelyn C. Leeper, http://leepers.us/evelyn   
   "No government--regardless of which party is in power--should   
   dictate what private universities can teach, whom they can admit   
   and hire, and which areas of study and inquiry they can pursue."   
   --Alan M. Garber, President of Harvard   
      
   --- SoupGate-DOS v1.05   
    * Origin: you cannot sedate... all the things you hate (1:229/2)