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From: barbaral@tekig1.UUCP (Barbara Lee)
Newsgroups: net.women
Subject: sex roles
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Date: Wed, 1-Feb-84 11:53:32 EST
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Posted: Wed Feb  1 11:53:32 1984
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I think men and women tend to have some different traits, whether this
is biological or sociological, I don't know.  I don't worry too much
about why men and women have some different tendencies (i.e. men's
muscle mass seems to build up more than women's).  Instead, I ask,
how can I use my traits to my best advantage?  I've taken karate 
lessons.  Some men weighed twice as much as I did, and were a lot
stronger, and were close to a foot taller than I was, and probably
more aggressive than I was.  Instead of taking the attitude that
many people do...women can'
t do karate...they aren't strong enough, etc,; I looked at my talents,
and asked myself how I could use them to my best advantage.  I am
graceful, have a fast reaction time, and since I am smaller, I can
move faster.  By developing and using these talents as much as possible,
I could hold my own just fine.
   I've worked quite a bit with handicapped people.  I think it helps
   them when we concentrate on what they can do.  Everyone has their
set of weaknesses and strengths (some of these probably tied to sex
roles).  I try not to get bogged down about my weaknesses.  I try
to improve the areas I'm weak in and capitalize on my strengths.