From: van@cbnewsg.cb.att.com (valerie.thompson)
Subject: Re: AMC: tramps (was Re: AMC: Tad & Haley)
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Date: Tue, 17 Nov 1992 17:13:03 GMT

In article <BxrLxn.ACt@constellation.ecn.uoknor.edu>, pmmuggli@midway.ecn.uoknor.edu  (pauline muggli) writes:
> mitch@cdthq.UUCP (Mitch Harris) beverly writes:
> >Jennifer Allyson Turner <jt3j+@andrew.cmu.edu> writes:
> >> Beverly really not Mitch Harris@cdthq.UUCP (2203)
>    
> >> > one should sleep around). Secondly, if anyone was ever a "tramp", it'd be 
> >> > Gloria. Once she saw the "error" of her ways, no one called her a tramp 
> >> > anymore, but because everyone is mad/irked with Dixie, she's still a "tramp
> >> > to a lot of folks, even tho she's now in a monogamous relationship. Gloria 
> >> > is leading poor Stewart on, why isn't she a "tramp" anymore? Sigh.....
>    
> >> So why is Gloria a tramp and Dixie not a tramp?  And how is Gloria
> >> leading Stewart on?  She's been very honest to him from the git-go about
> >> how she feels about him.
>    
> >Well, I didn't say GloboNurse *was* a tramp, but that if anyone was, it'd be 
> >her. I think what she did to Dixie was far worse than what Haley's hurt 
> >feelings. If Gloria hadn't been raped, I wonder if everyone would be feeling 
> >so kindly towards her? And I don't think she's been honest with Stewart. She 
> >is almost panting over Adam half the time, but she has Stewart thinking they 
> >can be boyfriend/girlfriend. She's yet to tell Stewart her true feelings for 
> >Adam, or that she kissed him, etc. I'm not saying either Gloria or Dixie are 
> >saints. I just don't understand why everyone is ready to cut Dixie's throat 
> >and yet are so forgiving of Gloria.....sigh.
> 
> think of gloria as a female brian.  well the two situations aren't
> identical, but you have one person (brian/gloria) emotionally involved
> with someone of the opposite sex (haley/stuart).  there are no
> commitments just hope that it will work on the side of one partner (h/s).
> the original person (b/g) knowing that something needs to be done with
> partner #1 (h/s) goes and gets involved with partner #2 (dixie/adam).
> 
> so, in this case, gloria=brian.  and the blame we are putting on dixie
> should be equivalent to the blame we put on adam for going after gloria.
> 
> like i said, the cases aren't exactly parallel, but it's interesting
> that the blame has shifted to dixie rather than brian.  i.e. it's the
> female's fault.  brian is the one who dangled haley on one string while
> jumping into bed with dixie.
> 
> pauline "moderate feminist" muggli
> 

I think that Pauline's
analogy (Dix/Bri=Adam/Glo) is a good one!  Dixie didn't do anything wrong
by going after BRi..she had no ties to anyone.  Adam going after Glo is a
*little* different, since Stu is his brother, but still, unless there's
some kind of out & out deception/trickery/malice (Adam's kinda thing!),
it's only the person who is involved w/someone who is doing something
"wrong" (ie, against society's ideas of how we should act) by sleeping
around.  (Although, like Bev said, these days it doesn't seem like a
eal smart thing to do!)  I don't even think that Dixie should be labelled
a tramp for doing her country bar pickups...she wasn't betraying anyone.
(Am I getting philosphical about a soap opera??  I need to get out more!)

Val