I would just like to make public notice of a few flaws in the popular trend of being anti-sexist. By doing so, I fully expect the usual onslaught of hate letters using me as an excuse to vent pent-up frustration. I will also put my argument beyond the reach of the closed-minded by first announcing that I am a man. If that alone causes anyone to dismiss what follows, then who now has committed themselves to stereotypes?

My first point is the spelling of the words "woman" or "women." Notice there is no "y" in it. I'm not sure I ever understood the reasoning behind the use "womyn." Is it to remove the "men" from women? Who is to say that the word "men," is not a diminutive form of "women," and that the "wo" is not a prefix of honor? To create the word "womyn" seems the same as accepting inferiority. I don't need the word changed to see the genders are different. The most recent example of anti-sexists' hasty hatred was an assessment the comics that appear in the Centre Daily Times. The issue included results of a poll issued, and the readers' written respones. Several hundred readers called The Lockhorns and Andy Capp sexist. This the result of gun-slinging that nasty word at every given chance. I can't begin imagine how two portrayals of dead marriages are sexist. It takes both a man and a woman to screw things up like these two couples. Perhaps if Andy Capp came home two sheets to the wind, and beat the tar out of his wife, then I would call it a sexist stereotype. As it is, these comics are simply a reflection of the failing institution called marriage. Marriage, these days results in one of two things: divorce, or well-balanced relationship of loving to hate each other. Sexist? I doubt it. Merely a sad but true reality. The point of this letter is simple, and should be applied eveyday. Think before you speak, and ask yourself if your actions are purely hate motivated. If you refuse to do so, then go on "The Ricki Lake Show," at least then I can turn you off.