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<A title=Wimblees@AOL.COM =
href="mailto:Wimblees@AOL.COM">Wimblees@AOL.COM</A>
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<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>To:</B> <A =
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<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> November 20, 2001 7:40 =
AM</DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> Re: [Fwd: Fw: Training =
Courses
for Women]</DIV>
<DIV><BR></DIV><FONT face=arial,helvetica><FONT size=2>In a =
message dated
11/20/01 4:07:43 AM Central Standard Time, <A
href="mailto:dnereson@dimensional.com">dnereson@dimensional.com</A> =
writes:
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TYPE="CITE">Yes, <BR>some of the items perpetuate a stereotype, but =
women do
the same with men, <BR>and so do TV commercials, </BLOCKQUOTE>
<DIV><BR><BR>TV commercials that are degrading to men are those that =
show them
as complete idiots when it comes to laundry, cooking, or taking care =
of a
baby. Not to brag, but when it comes to taking care of the house, the =
laundry,
cooking, and the baby, the only thing I cannot do is breast feed a =
baby. Women
would never put up with commercials showing them not knowing how to =
mow the
grass, change a spark plug, or fix the screen door. Just because I =
have never
seen my wife do these things, doesn't mean women can't. <BR><BR>Wim
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size=3>There's a pretty
easy way to keep from being offended by these commercials--don't watch =
them.
With the exception of the occasional news event I've avoided =
commercial TV for
some years now and nothing I've seen lately causes me to believe I've =
been
culturally deprived of much. We recently reconnected to the cable and =
once in
a while I get talked into watching some new show--I am usually shocked =
at how
banal they have become. Perhaps they always were and I just didn't
notice.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV></FONT><FONT face="Lucida Sans"
color=#000080>Del</FONT></DIV></BLOCKQUOTE></BODY></HTML>