O, those Liberal Uni days, how I so don't miss 
them. You did fine, in my opinion. And you wonder 
why people who go to University are so strange?


purple Mari



At 11:07 PM 2/13/2008, you wrote:

>I’ve heard it all now!
>
>My Sociology Of Gender class seems to think that 
>if a man holds a door open for a woman that 
>indicates he thinks she is inferior in some 
>way.  It is a symbol of a man’s  thought.  My 
>goodness! I said couldn’t we just be nice to one 
>another?  It would get so  that a personwould 
>even think twice before doing something nice.  A 
>young man  said to me this afternoon, “wait a 
>minute…I’ll get that for you,” referring to 
>opening the door for me.  Now, should I have 
>said, “I may be blind and a woman,  but I am 
>more than capable of opening the door for myself 
>thank you,” would that have helped to create a more kinder and caring world?
>
>Or should I have said what I in act did: “Thank you,”
>
>You know gender is not biological any more…it is a construction of society!
>
>“I’m paying how much to learn this,?”
>
>Rhonda
>
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