Not not noticing (THE LIBRARY message #2730)

Not not noticing

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Posted by Myretta on November 24, 1997 at 20:59:26:

In response to Isn't it interesting..., written by Mark on November 24, 1997 at 19:28:57

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] ] ] Are we employing a double standard? After all, it takes two to tango, does it not?

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] ] *snip* because he is a man.

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] But why on a board that is 98% female and quite intellectual and educated to boot, hasn't anybody noticed?

] (I am NOT looking for praise on being an "enlightened male." I just curious why nobody that I am aware of has commented upon it before.)

I think that most of have noticed, but that we tend to read Jane Austen in the context of her time. Just as we are not outraged that her heroines had to marry in order to establish their place in society, we realize that the social milieu dictated how men and women were viewed. We don't necessarily think it was a good thing, but it's a little too late to rail against it.

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