llundrub,
I know you mean well, and are expressing some gentle wit.
However, as discussed here some time ago, the romantic analogy is one
calling up silly sexual stereotypes. And it applies such stereotyping
when there is no basis for doing so. It presumes, perhaps subtly, that
Judy's posts should conform to some femminine standard and Turqs to a
male one. And that the sourse of conflict between them is sexual and
not intellectual*. That of course is crap. There is no gender
qualities or standards applicable to two posters having intellectual*
debate.
Falsely putting the debate in gender and sexual terms, adds fuel for
further false stereotyping. If a false man/woman bickering model is
established, its one or two steps closer for some ("great minds") to
fall into traps of making quite irrelevant, inappropriate, having zeo
fit, unproductive comments or views along sexist lines. For example,
"Judy's not a acting like a woman". Why should any poster have to
conform to some outdated stereotypes that have no relevance to issues
of the mind and intellect*? Such false standards would be
discrimative, placing phantom boundaries on judy's conduct not applied
to Barry.
Or far more crudely, but unbelieveably, some chucklheads here have
actually said such things: "Judy just needs to get laid". i guess
thats their solution to all problems involving women. A stellar and
sterling vision of what women are (soley) good for, and what their
"problem" is. Other comments referring to Judy's problems as "woman
problems" -- put much more crudely and graphically. Such caveman
absurdities and implied, if not explicit, insults have no place in
civil discussion
By perpertuating the quite false myth, no matter how wittily and well
intentioned, that gender has ANYTHING to do with a posters views,
style or demanor, only tends to feed those few men in the crowd who
have the intellectual and emotional depth, and shallow insights of a
Beavis and Butthead, and who when "fueled", make crass, rude, crude,
sexist, inappropriate comments such as cited above.
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*Perhaps "intellectual" is too grand a term for what appears to be
mudfights in the school yard. But I use the term to differentiate it
from sexual tension.
--- In [email protected], "llundrub" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
>
> > Barry Wright, Master of Projection
>
> ----such hate=such love. soul mates brought together through the
aethers.
> can't live without each other. such a pure love was never seen on earth
> before. pure ideation without physicality. i'm sort of jealous of
you two.
> i mean no remarks either of you make ever go uncommented. no
lonliness. this
> is ipso facto a sort of vicarious love affair with great passion.
>
