Mike,

You read my mind, I was just thinking that today.  I know that in my
family the men were the centre of the universe, and everything
revolved around them.  But even though my family had me convinced from
an early age that I was inferior and worthless because of the CP and
because I was - sorry am -  intelligent (I know, it's bizzare, but
they seriously thought having a good mind was a character flaw - I got
told I was a `know it all", and they used to walk out of the room
whenever I started talking about things I was interested in, by the
time I got up and followed them I would forget what I was saying),
they never managed to convince me that I am inferior because I'm
female.  The idea of it just gives me the giggles!  BTW I no longer
think I'm inferior because of the disability.

Rayna

On Tue, Apr 24, 2001 at 10:48:27AM -0400, Michael H. Collis wrote:
    After reading what you all had to go through with your families Jenn and Rayna, it
    really makes me wonder what would have happened had you been born the opposite sex?
    Typically, there's lower value placed on females than males in patriochal
    societuies, and when the female is disabled, there's even less of a value.  I am
    truly sorry, Sisters, about your families...  I wish your families were as
    supportive as mine have been.