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Yeah, it is pretty silly. If I get to a door before someone, be they man or
woman, I'll hold it open for them, just because it's the polite thing to do.
And if someone holds a door open for me, I'll thank them. I don't like it
when someone twenty feet behind comes running up to open a door that I'm
reaching for, but I'm not going to get all militant about it! <grin>
Peggy
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From: "Rhonda" <[log in to unmask]>
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Sent: Wednesday, February 13, 2008 9:07 PM
Subject: such silliness my Gender class
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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