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To: jbe who wrote (36890)5/6/1999 10:16:00 PM
From: The Philosopher  Read Replies (1) | Respond to of 108807
 
if the tastes of a limited segment (in this case,
boys) serve as the sole criterion.


Sounds fair to me!

[Here's where that "duck and cover" exercise I learned in elementary school to protect me from atom bombs and other horrors like outraged feminists is finally going to come in useful!]



To: jbe who wrote (36890)5/7/1999 9:21:00 AM
From: Edwarda  Read Replies (1) | Respond to of 108807
 
Christopher, it was the LITTLE BOYS who read The Hardy Boys, Tom Swift, and biographies of such luminaries as Wyatt Earp and Daniel Boone.
I can assure you that the LITTLE GIRLS didn't give a hoot or a holler about the Hardy Boys or Tom Swift, or about what you say was the "common culture" of your generation -- the Wild West.


Whoops! Did I just get a retrospective sex change or something?