Theos-Talk Archives (December 1996 Message tl00208)

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> From: John Straughn <JTarn@envirolink.org>
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> Perhaps(no, definitely) I wasn't making myself very clear.  These are
present
> concerns for women, and should be properly addressed.  But men are faced
with
> prejudiced decisions as well.  (Custody battles favored toward women;
abortion
> rights (it's the father's child as well); welfare (which is MUCH harder
for a
> single man even with children to recieve); Job discrimination (i.e.
"female"
> jobs: bank tellers, secretaries/clerks, social workers);  Medical
research
> (Breast Cancer vs. Testicular cancer, for instance); and others).  Men
have
> just as much going against them as women.  It's just that men, for fear
of
> being accused of losing their "masculinity" choose not to say much about
it.

Well, things are tough all over, aren't they?

Seriously, this is just the tip of the iceberg.  This morning when I woke
up to the
clock radio they were discussing how many children in rich and poor
countries
are being subjected to child labor.  They were also urging Christmas
shoppers
to look for "Made in the USA" tags, to try to get people to stop buying
merchandise
from other countries that are using child labor.

Men, women, children, animals, the environment.  You name it, it's being
abused
because people are walking around in their own disturbed little worlds and
can't get out
of the revolving doors of their own psychological problems.  Power, greed,
selfishness, fear, hate, etc. is robbing all of us of the loving support we
all
need to make a go of it on the physical plane.

No one is in this alone - it just may feel like it at times.

-Ann E. Bermingham








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