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Half-naked is not equal to sub-human
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Kathy Dettwyler <[log in to unmask]>
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Date:
Wed, 18 Jun 1997 08:44:36 -0500
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>  I am offended, as a mother and a BF advocate, that he thinks
>women will "run around half-naked"!   Does he think we are sub-human?
>How demeaning.

On behalf of all the many people in the world who wear very little clothing
because (1) it is hot where they live (2) it is more comfortable to wear
less (3) materials to make clothing and water and soap to keep it clean are
in short supply (4) they think the human body looks perfectly fine . . . .

I must object to the characterization of people who wear very little
clothing as being sub-human.  They are as human as any of us.

Katherine A. Dettwyler, Ph.D.
Associate Professor of Anthropology and Nutrition
Texas A&M University

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