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Sent: Wed, February 2, 2011 1:58:02 PM
Subject: [Tango-L] Truth in stereotypes
I personally think Sherrie has a legitimate complaint and I am a male. I am
always admonishing my male students about teaching. They start doing that from
the beginning class
Indeed Susan. Tango-L is well-known if not notorious for a history of flames
and personal attacks, though it seems to me it's been better in the last couple
of years. But there is something unique about the online communication medium
that I think facilitates asocial communication behavior. I
I personally think Sherrie has a legitimate complaint and I am a male. I am
always admonishing my male students about teaching. They start doing that from
the beginning class but it gets worse after they learn a few steps. Teachers
have to not only emphasis this but they should correct and
On Wed, Feb 2, 2011 at 12:58 PM, Charles Roques c.roq...@mchsi.com wrote:
In fact they [men] tend to dominate the discussions on Tango-L as well.
I think Sherrie has a valid point.
Perhaps more men choose to post than women, but that is not the
same as dominating the discussion in the
Quite correct, Huck. Many of my posts and queries generate a good deal
of discussion, so I'm not inclined to say that posts by women are
ignored. I would think that discussion is based on content, not on the
gender of the poster. If someone feels their post is being ignored,
then I would
