Dear Rod: Yes, the facts are tricky things! But look at it this way for a moment, okay? There is a very good side to this information, and its quite liberating for women too. This kind of information should be looked at at as a good thing, it takes women down from the victim/pedestal and makes them SO HUMAN. These facts could actually remove the unfortunate stereotypes and put a dose of reality back into things. Suppose you made a film wherein the usual stuff we hear day after day after day was replaced with some reality? The feminists seem so worried about the stereotype stuff, but this might be a great way to dispense with them(the stereotypes, that is), period. How can a character in a screenplay be a murderer and a victim at the same time? See what I mean? It would open up quite a few new areas of exploration. I can see some unusual, really thought provoking screenplays coming out of this. The characters could breath freely and say things they might never have said before. In effect, all those roles that usually go to men, might now be open to women. Why not? The traditional roles for women would go right out the window. Just because something is politically correct at the time, doesn't mean that it makes for good film. In fact, it can date a film too much and make it laughable years from now. I think filmmakers, and most of all writers, could open up whole new characters and unique combinations of characters along the way. Instead of writing women characters that hide behind old fashioned stereotypes, write some brand new, and as Hemingway used to say, "honest" characters that really get up and breath, walk and talk. See, not so bad after all. ____________________________________________________________________________ "Please gentlemen! I'll have no fighting in here, this is the War Room." ("Dr. Strangelove") ---------------->from John G. Thomas ([log in to unmask]) <------------------- ____________________________________________________________________________