Helen Barrell wrote:
> Yep, part of my English degree is sociolinguistics, and there's some
> very
> interesting studies been done about e-mail lists! Analyses of e-mail
> lists
> have shown that men 'speak' on e-mail lists the same as they do in
> verbal
> conversation - dominating discussions, trying to silence women, taking
> over
> threads begun by women, ridiculing threads begun by women about women's
> concerns (hair do advice, for example), etc. etc.
Yeah, whatever....blah blah blah...(joke)
But did it ever occur to you that men have little to no interest in
talking about
makeup or women's hairdos? Why would you introduce such a topic in an
environment so obviously male-dominated? It's like asking to be
ignored! (not "silenced").
I don't think anybody "silences" Katrina, but she isn't talking about
makeup either...
Dan
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