ag5@pucc-k (Henry Mensch) (01/25/85)
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[N.B. -- I realize that this item may be posted to "inappropriate"
newsgroups, but I wanted to target this item to folks who would be
both interested and likely to respond. Follow-ups to this item will
be posted in net.misc.]
Well, folks ... there has been discussion in the past about
a net.men or a net.men.only ... There have been arguments in favor
of it and against it. What I propose is: (a drumroll, please) ....
A MAILING LIST ABOUT MEN ...
I suppose this means that I will moderate it ... it is open for
participation to both men and women; topics of discussion will include
things like: why men feel emotionally inhibited, why do men not always
express the way they feel, why they are angry to be a male today, and
other pertinent issues (including "why doesn't my jockstrap fit the
way it did eight years ago?")
Items which are sent to me for posting to the mailing list will
be distributed to the mailing list members in digest format. I will not
edit postings; I will just be a central place to redistribute postings.
I will, however, *not* post items of the sort where the membership of
the mailing list are called "a bunch of assholes," "sissies," "wimps,"
etc. This sort of bogusness will *not* be tolerated.
Those of you who *are* interested in the mailing list are asked to:
1) MAIL to me (*not* post to the net) your path ...
I can figure out how to get to most anywhere, I think,
if you provide a path relative to the generally-accepted
backbone sites ...
2) Send an introduction-sort of piece which tells the members
of the mailing list about yourself, and why you want to
be on the mailing list <i.e., what has motivated you to
act on this posting ... >
3) Send a listing of items which you would like to see discussed
among the members of the mailing list ...
4) Finally, a bit of original discussion on one of the topics
which you have listed from #3 above will be appreciated.
I hope that this will get the men's mailing list off to a grand
start ...
Follow-ups to this article will be posted to net.misc; if you
follow-up this item, you might want to start reading net.misc to see
what's going on with the discussion ...
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