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To: JohnM who wrote (16448)	1/14/2002 9:29:54 PM
From: Hawkmoon	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 281500

John... I just don't like extremists gaining credibility for their radical views by riding upon the backs of women who don't find themselves properly repsented by them. Feminist leadership has tried to tell women that they are somehow "unfulfilled" if they don't juggle both a career and a family. Just as much as that segment of society has tried to tell men they have to be the primary breadwinner for them to be "manly". And many women are just asking for equal societal acceptance in the workforce, BUT ALSO BEING ACKNOWLEDGED AS "Feminine" if they choose to stay home and raise a family while the husband works. They want their role as homemaker given the respect it deserves as their chosen career. And I've met a number of men who stay at home and raise their kids while mom makes a decent paycheck... And I think they should have the right to be accepted for playing that role.. IMO, this whole argument of "feminism vs masculinism" is missing the entire point. Societies consist of family units. Societies are PERPETUATED by family units. This whole concept of trying to advance the rights of one sex over another ignores the mutually beneficial and crucial role both sexes play in perpetuating society. But listen... I really don't care if you like what I have to say. I guess it's just me, but I happen to believe in equal rights, and choose to call it by the title it deserves. I CHOOSE NOT to provide credibility to a select group of so called "feminists" who believe they have to denigrate men in order to lift themselves up, and claim to represent a large segment of female society they really care little about. We can drop the subject now.. I'm sure FL will breath a huge sigh of relief that will probably be hear around the world. Hawk