Hello, Marius;

18 Sep 04 18:18, Marius Bendiksen wrote to Robert Bull:

 MB> Yes. But there is historical precedent in other societies as well.
 MB> Many of the differences of gender have appeared with the advent of
 MB> patriarchal religions, such as christianity. Few non-Catholics would

I hadn't thought of that, assuming that traditional gender roles were a 
mixture of strength, aptitude, and preference, as well as tradition.

 MB> argue that the Holy Roman Catholic Church is, and has ever been, a
 MB> very political organization.

It was a very major international political organisation through the 
Middle Ages and still has some influence...

 MB> If this world had only "well-adjusted" worker bees left, we'd be
 MB> pretty screwed if there came a time to rebuild everything.

Maybe I'd better take that argument to work, where the management seem to 
want brown-nosed blue-eyed boys that toe the line of this weeks' management 
fad and never answer back  ;-)

     Regards,

              Robert.

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