Show Respondent believes Glor Gloria a Quick is going too far is out of line Dear Editor All right Gloria Quick You are definitely getting on my nerves If I had to name someone as the female chauvinist pig of the year yo you would woud be at the top of my list Your statements are areso areso areso so one sided that you truly give the term man bashing a whole new meaning I dont don't know what kind of women or men for that matter matter matter mat mat- ter you have been hanging out with but Im I'm afraid you have been misled in the area of the female psyche Do you honestly believe that a woman who decides to spend the night with someone someone someone some some- one she just met thinks that it constitutes a firm and binding commitment There may be a few out there who think that way but I have yet to meet one Are you honestly trying to tomake tomake tomake make me believe that if the theman theman theman man decides deddE's he just doesn't want to se see her again for whatever reason the woman has the right to accuse him of something as serious as rape What happens happen if the woman decides decides' she doesn't like the man Can he press rape charges against her if he gets his feelings hurt and feels hes he's been used Or do you believe that men dont don't get their feelings hurt In your most recent letter you made the comments that men need to learn to control control control con con- themselves s and that they are foolish and selfish to have sex with a woman because they can get AIDS and venereal disease from women Did these things magically appear in these women or did the AIDS fairy visit these innocent and deluded waifs Tell me something Gloria Gloria- what about when a woman asks a man back to her place Do th things gs like that not happen happen happen hap hap- pen in your world OK What about when women make rude and suggestive comments to men For instance instance instance in in- stance oh baby oh baby baby baby- Im I'm to you sweet thing That was a quote from you Ms Quick I realize realize realize real real- ize you are not going to believe this but most of the women I know have the good sense to know that when a man youve you've just met pumps you full of drinks and then asks you back to his place its it's not to meet his his' family Whether they go or not is their business You need to realize that your so called self centered serving self-serving behavior goes both ways You also need to know that people who act that way are area a real minority If anyone can attest to that I can I am ama a female I sing in country- country western clubs by night and by day I am a student a company company company com com- pany worker and a mother of two I meet all kinds of people from all walks of life and I can guarantee you that you are dead wrong in assuming assuming assuming as as- suming that all men are foolish and selfish and that all women are victims Why dont don't you try to meet some real men ones that will treat you with dignity and respect There are a lot of them out there if you'll just give them a chance I really think that you have gotten the relatively common issue of bad manners manners and acting like a jackass something jackass something both sexes are guilty of as you have so convincingly proven proven mixed mixed up with an incredibly sensitive and serious issue such as rape So in the future Ms Quick if you must write about delicate topics such as rape and abuse although with your man-hating man attitude attitude attitude at at- I would suggest staying staying staying stay stay- ing away from those kinds of issues please stick to the facts Be a little more unbiased unbiased unbiased un un- un- un biased and try not to lump all of the men of the world in with William Kennedy Smith and all of the women in with Mother Theresa Signed Nora McAleese |