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Politics : Bill Clinton Scandal - SANITY CHECK -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: DMaA who wrote (58973)	8/24/1999 6:08:00 PM
From: Johannes Pilch	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 67261

>I'm pretty sure no culture ( even our own up until about 20 years ago ) has ever tried to view man and women as equal in the way we think of the term today.< Yes, though in considering Middle Eastern religion Christianity implemented a few remarkable customs where women were concerned. The entire Middle Eastern system of polygamy, for example, was abolished. This one change had a great influence in the lot of women, as it gave them a fundamental and exclusive right to their husbands, husbands who by Christian law were commanded to be faithful to their wives in every way. We see this Christian heritage overtly influencing America as recently as 1890, when Mormons were forced to abandon their practise of polygamy (though they seem to have kept the doctrine) because a then more general American Christian sentiment would not tolerate such a practise. >We are embarked on an experiment unique in the history of mankind. We won't know all the repercussions for at least 100 years.< Agreed, though I do not think we will know the repercussions even after 100 years. I suspect a century from now folk will be debating the repercussions just as they debate everything else.