In article <Pine.WNT.3.96.990408094253.-872721E-100000 at Guinevere.unm.edu>,
Linnea Ista <lkista at unm.edu> wrote:
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> Someone wrote a couple of days ago that there was a riot of white males on
> campus at U of Michigan. That struck me as really ironic. When WE are
> feeling mistreated, it is all in our heads, we have to be diplomatic, we
> have to PROVE it to all and sundry and above all, NOT APPEAR TO BE ANGRY.
> Yet these men are feeling the pain of losing priviledges, which must be
> bewildering and uncomfortable, and they get to be pissed off and run amok!
> And no one says that "Oh, they are very angry and unpleasant individuals"
> like it is a character flaw or something. There is quick analysis of just
> what they are angry about, and even quite a bit of sympathy for the poor
> dears!
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>> Linnea
Not to stray too far from the topic, but as I recall, the riots were at
Michigan State and had to do with the loss of their basketball team in the
NCAA tournament. Not that that's a particularly good reason to run amok
either. But if we are speaking about the same incident, it did not
(directly) have to do with any gender issues.
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My 2 electrons,
Brian
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