This is a multi-part message in MIME format. ---------------------- multipart/alternative attachment ----- Original Message -----=20 From: Wimblees@AOL.COM=20 To: pianotech@ptg.org=20 Sent: November 20, 2001 7:40 AM Subject: Re: [Fwd: Fw: Training Courses for Women] In a message dated 11/20/01 4:07:43 AM Central Standard Time, = dnereson@dimensional.com writes:=20 Yes,=20 some of the items perpetuate a stereotype, but women do the same = with men,=20 and so do TV commercials,=20 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.=20 Wim -------------------------------------------------------------------------= ----- =20 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. Del ---------------------- multipart/alternative attachment An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: https://www.moypiano.com/ptg/pianotech.php/attachments/a3/6a/58/e9/attachment.htm ---------------------- multipart/alternative attachment--
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