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Hey all,
Newsweek had a pretty good article on "The Mystery of Gender", as they called it. Their website has more associated stories than were in the magazine. However, while the stories themselves are well done, you should see the comments,(or maybe not)some are a very depressing view of intolerance.
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/18618970/site/newsweek/
Jamie
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Depressing comments
Yah, the ignorance and hatred of some of those comments is very disturbing. Reminds me of some of the crap you used to read in the oped pages of some newspapers back in the 50s and 60s. People fear what they don't understand and with so many politicians catering to ignorance and fear, it can be very scary out there for someone who is a little different from the mythical norms these people believe in.
- Erin
= Give everyone the benefit of the doubt because certainty is a fragile thing that can be shattered by one overlooked fact.
As much as I could stand
The articles were interesting and informative, but the comments were something all together different. I read as many as I could stand and had to stop. I suppose things might have improved over the years but from what I just finished reading it would be hard to prove it.
sigh
grover