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Path: news.eternal-september.org!eternal-september.org!.POSTED!not-for-mail From: "Evelyn C. Leeper" <evelynchimelisleeper@gmail.com> Newsgroups: rec.arts.sf.fandom Subject: Re: AKICIF: Immigrants to Herland Date: Mon, 12 May 2025 07:28:19 -0400 Organization: A noiseless patient Spider Lines: 29 Message-ID: <vvsm0k$128vl$1@dont-email.me> References: <lkj22k9dqhecjt7ua9k4vf0ce803t6ple3@4ax.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Injection-Date: Mon, 12 May 2025 13:28:21 +0200 (CEST) Injection-Info: dont-email.me; posting-host="8d99ed4124fd59b657365ae8b03cf2b0"; logging-data="1123317"; mail-complaints-to="abuse@eternal-september.org"; posting-account="U2FsdGVkX1++mQM2AOdOwigzyb64ojpi" User-Agent: Mozilla Thunderbird Cancel-Lock: sha1:ySRdDoXkA/TqYSea3Hw+0aUB2YQ= Content-Language: en-US In-Reply-To: <lkj22k9dqhecjt7ua9k4vf0ce803t6ple3@4ax.com> On 5/11/25 9:34 PM, Joy Beeson wrote: > > > 11 May 2025 > > (Herland, 1915 novel written by Charlotte Perkins Gilman.) > > It being Mother's Day, I was reminded of a review of > _Herland_ the author of which thought it a grievous flaw in > the book that the Herlanders thought that motherhood was > important. (Sorry; no cite; I skimmed over it weeks ago.) > > Which makes me wonder why some men want to be women when > women are being vigorously assured that they can't possibly > be equal to men unless they are indistinguishable from men > -- any interest in traditional female pursuits such as food, > clothing, shelter, and the propagation of the species must > be roundly denounced. > > The characterization that "some men want to be women" is (IMHO) a gross mis-statement of what is going on. -- Evelyn C. Leeper, http://leepers.us/evelyn "No government--regardless of which party is in power--should dictate what private universities can teach, whom they can admit and hire, and which areas of study and inquiry they can pursue." --Alan M. Garber, President of Harvard