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To: Amy J who wrote (280406)	3/16/2006 1:17:04 PM
From: Tenchusatsu	Respond to of 1575629

Amy, I'm going to respond to only a few of your points: With 95% of Congress being controlled by males, I'm pretty certain you could find the ability to see the value in having more women in Congress. I work in an environment where 90% of my coworkers are male. Recently we've been resorting to "affirmative action" to hire more women and minorities (other than Asian), but where I work, that has only resulted in more Asian women being hired. Go figure. I'd sure like to see more diversity in my workplace, but it really doesn't make a difference to me. Man, woman, white, black, yellow, red, it doesn't matter as long as we can code, design, and debug. Meanwhile, where my wife works (mail-order pharmacy), there are a lot more women than men there. What does this all mean? Not much. Men have their preferences, and women have theirs. Genetic influence? Societal? Who cares? We all play our roles. So what does this have to do with Congress? Well, do you think maybe women prefer not to go into federal politics for a good reason? With all of the palm-greasing, backstabbing, mean-spirited rhetoric that goes on there, it seems like only thick-skinned chauvenists can make it. Does that need to change? Definitely, but the problems go much deeper than a mere representation imbalance. In any case, I'm all for equal opportunity, but "equal" does not have to mean "alike." You keep hammering the point that Congress is 95% male, but do I think that's a good thing for men? Definitely not considering the culture of corruption there. And it isn't good for women, either, so you can quit assuming that I as a man am supposedly sitting all comfy in that fact. Why would you have something against feminism Consider this: Why do you think most women say they believe in feminist issues, but are not "feminists" themselves? Tenchusatsu