[net.women] Has this news group lost its meaning?

bithead@ihlpf.UUCP (bithead) (11/12/85)

>I would like a reposting of the meaning of this newsgroup if there
>every was one. 

Good idea! Recent initiates to net.women like myself would like to
see this too!

>Most of the issues covered her are fruitless topics
>that could be discussed in net.general or net.singles.

In one of my first scans of this net this is what I find!
When was the last time you took a look at net.singles?

>I thought
>we were concerned with more useful topics like how does a woman
>deal with emotional, physical, and psychological conflicts at
>work, at home, in realtionships, etc.  I have repled to a few

These topics are being discussed in net.singles.
 
>of the posting lately like the (What make you feel fem/masc.) issue
>and these are unusual questions that I ask my friends at times but
>I want some meaty issues as well.  Maybe I have bypassed the

Equine vibrators (net.singles) "meaty" enough for you? How about
"Nominally single?" ? Try it (net.singles) you'll like it!

>discussion all together on the (fem/masc) issue.  
>
>What about dealing with being a "superwomen", mother, successful
>businesswoman, sports enthusiast, etc.  How does a woman find 
>balance and happiness and acceptance of herself in a world that
>asks her to be everything or makes her think she has to be?

That's a possibility, and if you were to give a point of view
a discussion would undoubtedly ensue.

>What is wrong with saying " I would like to be a mother one day".
>I get the impression that some women desire certain traditional
>things, I have done this myself, and don't express it because she
>is afraid of what her co-workers may think or people that look
>at her as a businesswoman not a mother by GOD, may think.  These 
>are the kinds of issues I would like to see.  I know this may sound 
>very old fashioned or whatever, but there are more men posting to these
>groups than women because the computer world is male dominated.
>So how can we keep these discussions going?  I certainly want men
>to post here as well, not that I could stop that (joke or smile).
>
>But I encourage both men and women to express sincere issues or
>continue to.  Is there a net.men?  Maybe this group needs to be
>net.women.men?  It is anyway right?  I am not an activist in the
>womens movement, I just want balance in my life and I think every
>human wants that as well.
>
>	Becky Bates
>	!ihnp4!akgub!cylixd!becky

Check out the other net. To your amazement you may discover some
of us are capable of more than just "fruitless" discussions.
Take care.
                       the bithead  ( ihnp4!ihlpf!bithead )

     VIQUE'S LAW: A man without religion is like a fish without
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