Re: [UUPoly-L] "Deflowering" (was RE: enough already)

[licorice gumdrop <licorice.gumdrop@gmail.com>]

that doesn't really offend me at all - it was, after all, a marriage  
that existed for the sole purpose of ensuring the continuation of the  
monarchy... now, if you want to talk about the relative social worth  
of a monarchy in the first place... well, that's another story  
altogether.

- j

On Oct 1, 2008, at 3:57 PM, "Richard Keenan" <RiKeena1@wsc.edu> wrote:

> I remember at the time of the engagement announcement for Princess  
> Diana in England the
> crown announced that Diana had been medically examined and  
> determined to be fertile and
> virginal.  That offended me, reinforcing all the property  
> stereotypes their culture was
> enforcing.