In article <1u52g4INN5m0 at MINERVA.CIS.YALE.EDU> smith-una at yale.edu (Una Smith) writes:
>>>Jane's point of view is a familiar one, but one that I have never
>understood. To me, it isn't an issue of being assigned "roles" and
>"playing" at assuming a role that doesn't "belong" to me. Rather,
>I assume for myself whatever role I feel comfortable with, .....[etc]...
>.....
>Not surprisingly, many women have enormous difficulty making these
>hard choices. I suspect so do men, but they hide their anxiety.
>And men's default roles are still more or less intact and
>well-defined (although that's begining to change too).
>> Una Smith Department of Biology smith-una at yale.edu
Except for one or two spots, I could reverse each gender-mention by Una.
She expresses my guiding, personal philosophy and outlook, except she does
it more elegantly and succintly than I could.
Steve
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