I find this to be an interesting debate- a lot of people have made
good arguments that women can become more assertive and comfortable by
having intelligent discussions without men around- men often do make a
mess of things. However, would it help make these women better able to
deal with men later in their lives? One thing I find interesting is that
if you are in a setting where men and women are giving equal attention by
a teacher, the men think that they are being snubbed and that the women
are being favored. Maybe a solution would be to have the women get
together for awhile, and the men get together separately, and then put
them all together later, and see what happens. I really don't know- I
just find that this topic is pretty intriguing. It is hard for me to be
in favor of something that excludes based on gender or ethnicity, but I
can see good reasons for doing so when the excluded group tends to be
beliggerent and domineering.
-Miguel
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Miguel Ordorica
Washington State Univ.
Dept. of Sociology
Wilson 206
(509) 335-4595 (msg.)
(509) 332-4442 (hme)
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On Sat, 27 Feb 1999, Bertina Miller wrote:
> The real world includes men, until there are no men in existence, then you
> can say its ok not to include them in something. As for challenging the
> status quo I am all for that. Doesnt mean that a person should be
> exclusionary. Everyone learns from diversity not from exclusion.
>
> Bertina
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