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   Zeborah to James A. Donald   
   Re: Gifts vs. Money   
   26 Aug 08 16:01:56   
   
   From: zeborah@gmail.com   
      
   James A. Donald  wrote:   
      
   > If Western   
   > society is "f*cked in the head about sex and gender",   
   > but all or almost all other societies are even more   
   > "f*cked in the head about sex and gender", then that is   
   > evidence that her expectations of what could and should   
   > be are unrealistic, unreasonable, and unduly harsh.   
      
   One could have argued exactly the same a hundred years ago, but we've   
   since made a hundred years of progress towards equality despite that.   
   Who's to say we can't make another hundred years of progress still?   
      
   Zeborah   
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