it is a difficult world to be politically sensitive in (note, i no longer use the term politically correct, as it implies a dogmatism and insincerity which i find inappropriate),. particularly when discussing gender issues, but i will attempt this task. while i am not a person who takes indiscriminate and unfounded potshots at men, and while i acknowledge that there are men who are, indeed, caring human beings with souls, feelings and needs, and while i am also not a person who demeans football, or those who play it watch it or sleep it, and i am able to understand the need to scratch on sociological and psychological grounds, and while i am not a person who is intolerant about toilet seats, i see great cultural challenges for men and women in contributing to dialogue about these issues, in a way which enhances each others ability to communicate yet allows full freedom of conscience and integrity to proceed with respect and in an atmosphere of mutually agreed safety, while limiting and agreeing to participatory rules for that process. and in attempting to define these participatory rules in a way which still allows the parties involved full freedom of negotiations towards their implied, assumed and actual needs, i now offer the following carefully thought out suggestions:

FUCK THE RULES


best wishes

freda