rlr@pyuxn.UUCP (Rich Rosen) (07/28/84)
> Yes, but we are talking about SEX roles. What I am saying is > that it will be very difficult, if not impossible, to stop "assigning > roles on the basis of sex", when *humans have been doing so for > millions of years*. Even if you are able to, through a passage of > numerous laws, there is no guarantee that this is best for the > society - the men, the women, the children - that you claim it is. > "Liberation" is a good concept, but I don't want social experimenters > applying laws to our psycho-social system, like 16th century surgeons > applied leaches to the injured. Well meaning psychological > experimenters already do more harm than good with their misinformation > about insanity, I certainly don't want it to spread to civilizaton > as a whole. The idea is not to "pass laws" to force new sex roles or no sex roles, but rather to restructure things so that people will have the freedom to choose whatever roles (or non-roles) they like without interference from society. -- AT THE TONE PLEASE LEAVE YOUR NAME AND NET ADDRESS. THANK YOU. Rich Rosen pyuxn!rlr