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To: regli who wrote (49149)	4/3/2006 11:05:59 AM
From: shades	Respond to of 116555

frustrations and disappointments are just about inevitable. I see many people trying to live in expectations that are just not realistic. now is confronted with a "wimp" who failed to even exceed her "modest" expectations. She experiences a similar sense of failure. Yes, many of my friends turned into Mr. Mom like that michael keaton movie - and their woman think they are total failures - all because they don't have extra zero on the paycheck amount. What losers! Are genders useful or even appropriate if children are created in labs for best performance and life expectancy is many hundreds of years? My 12 million in bonds friend is convinced within about 200 years we will live in a mostly genderless society - test tube babies everywhere - if you so desire you will be able to shift back and forth between genders as much as you like but thinks most will choose the genderless option and melt into the borg collective.

To: regli who wrote (49149)	4/3/2006 11:27:02 AM
From: shades	Respond to of 116555

Tired of male domination, 5 Saudi women change sex today.reuters.com RIYADH (Reuters) - Tired of playing second fiddle to men in conservative Saudi Arabia, five women decided if you can't beat them, join them. Al Watan newspaper said the five women underwent sex change surgery abroad over the past 12 months after they developed a "psychological complex" due to male domination. Women in Saudi Arabia, which adopts an austere interpretation of Islam, are not allowed to drive or even go to public places unaccompanied by a male relative. The newspaper quoted a senior cleric as saying the authorities have to fill what he described as a legal vacuum by issuing laws against sex change operations. An interior ministry official told al Watan such cases are examined by religious authorities, and sometimes by psychologists, but those who undergo sex change are never arrested. today.reuters.com Lack of women turns tables on suitable boys Mon Apr 3, 2006 10:59 AM ET MUMBAI (Reuters) - Long, twirling moustaches and bejewelled daggers are no longer enough for a man seeking to marry in India's desert state of Rajasthan, long considered a land of fearless warriors. But if he is lucky enough to have a sister, he can relax, a newspaper report said Sunday. A declining sex ratio in the state is prompting a girl's parents to spurn offers of marriage from men unless the potential groom's family also has a marriageable daughter for their son, the Sunday Express said. "Around 30 percent of the marriages in the past year in Shekhawati region of Rajasthan were fixed on this swap system," local lawmaker Rajendra Chauhan said. The sex ratio in many of Rajasthan's districts has dropped to 922 girls for every 1,000 boys, according to the last census. In one or two villages, it has plummeted to less than 500, the paper reported. The joint engagement pact, called "aata-saata," or the "double-couple plan," has emerged as young women find themselves much in demand in a state where the traditional preference, as in much of India, has been for sons. Heavily skewed sex ratios have emerged in several parts of India as couples use ultra-sound technology to achieve their desire for a baby son despite such tests being illegal. A joint study carried out by researchers in India and Canada recently suggested that half-a-million unborn girls may be aborted in India every year. But now the absence of girls is changing village dynamics, the newspaper said. "There are no girls. If there is one in a house, the father is like a king. He can demand anything," said Prahland Singh, the head of Bhorki village in Rajasthan. He said that around 30 families had carried out marriages under the swap system in the village of 3,000 people in the last two years. The report said that dowry, where traditionally a bride's father had to bestow riches on a groom to secure a marriage, has completely disappeared from many parts of the state. Rather the groom's families are now offering to bear the cost of finding a suitable bride for their sons.