Word: explainers
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Dates: during 1990-1990
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ESSAY: Even Darwin could not explain life's origin...
...operations, as many as 3 million informants and collaborators -- in a population of 23 million -- clandestinely monitored mail and telephone conversations, analyzed handwriting samples to track down the sources of dissident material, tailed foreigners and spied on citizens in every apartment block, village and factory. Their ubiquitous presence helps explain the deep vein of distrust and suspicion pervading Rumanian society. The Securitate further functioned as the national intelligence service...
...various "sides" during the Wednesday debate, a pattern to the discussion became clear. People would express anger at the men's insensitivity and then discuss sexism at North House--in the Holiday Show, in the "joke of the week" or the everyday kind. Several speakers would try to explain sexism, from their experiences...
...stop offending people, you have to be willing to realize that nice guys can be prejudiced, too. You have to be a little more willing to change your ideas about the world. Why? Because if you really didn't mean any harm, and you do want someone to explain all of this to you, you'd better prepare yourself to hear a lot of anger. And you'd better be ready to listen...
...honestly don't know if it's possible to explain my experience to anyone who isn't a woman, or even to a woman who hasn't experienced it blatantly. Maybe it is possible. I can try: I can tell you about obscene phone calls I've gotten, about how personally I took the Montreal Massacre... I could tell you that writing this makes me afraid I am inviting more abuse. Those women in Montreal were shot because they were feminists, or called that. I'm a feminist. What's going to happen...