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From: steven@qubix.UUCP (Steven Maurer)
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Subject: Re: That boring matter of controlled women
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Date: Tue, 7-Feb-84 18:50:27 EST
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Posted: Tue Feb  7 18:50:27 1984
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>   	I support Sophie's assertion that most societies have strict customs,
>   or even laws, to ensure that women copulate only with their husbands.

>      Laws only exist to get us to do something we would prefer not to (or to
> forbid things we want to do) when custom is not strong enough to enforce
> correct behvior.  Few men want to get married, for instance, but custom
> bullies most of them into "doing the right thing".  Even custom won't keep
> men from transferring their affections to other women, however, and we need
> laws to regulate divorce.

	"Few men want to get married"  eh?   "but custom bullies most of
	them into 'doing the right thing'" ????

	Oh well, I suppose there must be about 1 Billion Bullied husbands
	out there, crying into their pillows each night on the unfairness
	of it all...


>        In general there haven't had to be laws controlling the movement
> of wives because custom (and the vast army of women who keep track of
> the behavior of other women in support of custom) is sufficient.

	And what is this army called?
	The Army Corps of Oppression of Fellow Women?
	Vee vill keep you opprezzed, you vemen!!
	Sieg Mann!!  Sieg Mann!!  Sieg Mann!!

>>    				         I understand that women
>>  are not allowed to drive cars in Saudi Arabia, but that is a
>>  society in a state of rapid change.
						    Tom Long

    Yes, yes, I agree with you.    But if you think that societies
    oppresses both its men AND its women, just think of what those
    societies do to their children...   FORCING THEM TO LEARN ALL
    THOSE UNPRONOUNCABLE FOREIGN LANGUAGES!!  (it makes my blood boil!!).
    Think of how you would feel, with unfamiliar languages and customs
    forced upon you when you were but a babe in the womb!   Terrible
    isn't it?   Is it no wonder that they all grow up to be heathens,
    and nonfeminists, programmed as they are from birth.   As a solution,
    I propose an immediate campaign of cultural genocide, to rid this
    world of people who have different customs than our own.   That
    would certainly teach them not to behave exactly like us......

    Steven Maurer