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Conference turris::womannotes-v1

Title:ARCHIVE-- Topics of Interest to Women, Volume 1 --ARCHIVE
Notice:V1 is closed. TURRIS::WOMANNOTES-V5 is open.
Moderator:REGENT::BROOMHEAD
Created:Thu Jan 30 1986
Last Modified:Fri Jun 30 1995
Last Successful Update:Fri Jun 06 1997
Number of topics:873
Total number of notes:22329

12.0. "Charter Question for WOMEN MEMBERS" by MOSAIC::TARBET (Margaret Mairhi) Wed Apr 30 1986 13:56

    With the recent and unexpected demise of the file =SEXCETERA=, many
    important questions about intimate relationships will no longer have a
    forum for discussion. 
    
    Should this file take over support of those questions, either in
    whole or in part?     
    
    I would ask that only the women members of this file address this
    issue.  Thank you.
    
    					=maggie
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12.1One vote for PartialMOSAIC::TARBETMargaret MairhiWed Apr 30 1986 14:058
    I would feel some discomfort about this file supporting the sex-related
    topics (those should probably be dealt with in a closed, members
    only context) but would have no problem with all the myriad questions
    surrounding psychological or legal intimacy.
    
    						=maggie
    
    (in case it isn't clear, this is me-as-me talking, not me-as-moderator)
12.3PAUPER::KIMBROUGHgailann, maynard, ma...Wed Apr 30 1986 19:1812
    
    As one who was fairly active in the SEXCETERA conference I would
    have to agree with the two previous replies.. I often let my opinion
    on subjects be known but almost always kept them of a clinical or
    general nature.  I did not have and do not have any problem with
    the candid way in which SEXCETERA operated but look what it lead
    to!!... I would hate to see this file meet the same fate if someone
    decided that it too contained "offensive" material.
    
    later, gailann
    
    
12.4ELSIE::LTSMITHLeslieWed Apr 30 1986 20:491
    ditto for me too...
12.5Me Three!VORTEX::JOVANthe Music kiss....Fri May 02 1986 19:204
    I would enjoy being about to discuss these topics in here.  And
    i also agree with the prior notes to this base note.
    
    Angeline
12.6ACOMA::JBADERJanet Bader @ABOSat May 10 1986 20:4811
    I would be sorely dissappointed to see this file go the way of
    SEXCETERA. I enjoyed SEXCETERA for it's lively, frank discussions
    and I was an active participant, however, it would be a shame to
    allow this file to eventually meet that type of fate because someone
    found the material offensive, and what may be offensive to me, may
    not be offensive to you...and I'm sure I wouldn't know where exactly
    to draw the line. I still have questions regarding different types
    of birth control and how to deal with PMS, but I can get those answers
    from medical personnel instead of over the Net.
    
    -sunny-
12.7Maybe a little, but let's be carefulCFIG1::DENHAMSpringtime in the RockiesWed May 14 1986 02:0912
    I was also disappointed to see the demise of SEXCETERA.  I would
    hate to have that happen to this conference as well.  And like Sunny,
    what you find offensive may not be the same as what I find offensive.
    
    So, I agree that perhaps we should at the very least keep things
    in a clinical form, rather than "I have discovered that X (including
    details) is (whatever you found it to be)".  That type of thing
    should probably be either kept off the net for now or discussed
    in closed conferences.
    
    Kathleen
    
12.8Basically seconding 12.1...HBO::HENDRICKSThu May 15 1986 14:3511
    Some of the topics discussed in Sexcetera seem appropriate enough
    to Womannotes.  Sexcetera had a completely different tone than
    Womannotes, though, and I would like Womannotes to maintain the
    tone which has been set so far.  
    
    If the rumor that Womannotes-is-the-new-Sexcetera began to be spread
    about, I think many people who wouldn't have had the slightest
    interest in Womannotes would begin to flood this conference with
    topics which don't belong here.
    
    
12.9RSTS32::TABERFri Jul 25 1986 16:008
    Me, too, Maggie.... We have so many issues to deal with and the
    sex issues get SO complicated and so heated..... and there are so
    many crooks and nannies to fall into....
    
    I'd feel more comfortable knowing there was one less hole I could
    fall into....
    
    bugs
12.10NCCSB::ACKERMANEnd-of-the-Rainbow_SeekerFri Jul 25 1986 16:458
    I'd like to feel free to discuss those issues here, maggie.  It
    seems like all the replies to-date are conscious of the need for
    discression.  BTW, the Human_Relations file says something like
    'version 2 of the 'other' file'.....  y'all may want to check it
    out if you haven't as yet.
    
    	Billie