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To: marajade
[double standard] Why is it always that the woman is looked down upon?

I hope you don't think I was "looking down upon" women by pointing out that a "free love" type of attitude hurts them more than it does men.

Ultimately, the reason for this (so-called) "double standard" is of course that women can get pregnant and men cannot. Therefore, the notion of sex without responsibility serves primarily to allow irresponsible men to use women and then go off on their merry way. Which is precisely what (irresponsible) men want. Men, you see, won the (so-called) Sexual Revolution.

I don't see it as "looking down upon" women to acknowledge this fact. Quite the contrary.

As a woman I would look down upon a man who had had just as many partners if I was looking for the right partner.

Good for you. Best,

196 posted on 12/10/2001 4:18:22 PM PST by Dr. Frank fan
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To: Dr. Frank
is of course that women can get pregnant and men cannot.

And men can become fathers who pay child support which impacts their new family's financial outlook.

198 posted on 12/10/2001 4:21:44 PM PST by marajade
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To: Dr. Frank
"Men, you see, won the (so-called) Sexual Revolution. "

Yes, the equal opportunity feminists worked so hard for "equality," that now the laws and cultural practices that habitually protected women have been nullified. And women face a dog-eat-dog world. And they are getting no sympathy from the guys. They are being used, and thrown aside when the guys get tired of using them for sex. If there is no commitment from the guys, the next good-looking chick that comes down the road is fair game for the philanderer.

201 posted on 12/10/2001 4:24:51 PM PST by Don Myers
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