I got all sorts of odd comments the first month I started this magazine, which seem to fall into two groups:
1) Common Fallacies about Feminists
2) Odd, strange, weird personal rumors about me and my personal life.

I'll Address these now, and in the future just make references to them at this page -- thus saving lots of time.

Question:
"All you feminists are jest lesbos."

Answer:
While more a statement than a question, I think a interrogative is implied. Well the studies demonstrate that most people that identify themselves as "Feminists" are married professional women with children. Hardly "Lesbos." I certainly fit this criteria married to a good man, with a nice kid.

But what concerns me more about people who make these sort of statements is the obvious underlying belief that people would help another person in distress, ONLY if they expected sexual favors from them. This IS a value held by perpetrators of sex crimes. It does not in my experience seem to be a belief held by most feminists. Quite the contrary. Most feminists seem to hold values which state people should be helped specifically without the expectation of sexual contact or any reward for that matter. Period.

So I have to wonder if the people who wrote me such tripe aren't sex offenders -- as they hold a view point common to sexual deviants.

Question:
"You are just making trouble for other women by giving them "ideas."

Answer:
Define trouble?? Most people respond with themes of marital distress brought about by women who suddenly refuse to be abused in marraige anymore. That they should know there is a better life out there that doesn't involve verbal, physical, or financial abuse seems hardly a bad thing to do. Again that the sender, or person making the statements feels it is "natural" for women to be abused in marraige exhibits that they hold values common to criminal perpetrators like wife batterers. I feel no sorrow at ending some monster's sadistic fun at some woman's expense.

Questions:
Many seem to be personal smears aimed at me by I assume just guessing I might have some "secret" I wish to hide.

Answer:
I have FBI Clearances. I was an honor scholar and Who's Who Among Students. I have gotten many public service awards. I got rid of my first husband because he was abusive, way back in 1982. I've worked very hard all my life and Earned everything I've ever gotten. I put myself through college, and paid my own keep my whole life. And no I've never had an abortion, never been in a inpatient or outpatient mental health setting, never been on major medication, never been a drug addict, and  never had illegitimate children. An no -- other than in a very minor way, no one has ever helped me or made my way smoother, with the exception of my current husband and our son. Hundreds of witnesses and piles of documentation to prove it. And yes in the course of presecuting some rape cases where I was the vicitim's therapist, I've had to prove some of this stuff. It was always funny to see who they had me confused with....co-workers, friends, or relatives.

Most amusing.