On Dec 30, 2011, at 11:48 AM, Michael Smith wrote:

> On Fri, 30 Dec 2011 11:41:14 -0500
> Shane Mage <[email protected]> wrote:
> 
>> The answer: the barber shaves herself!
> 
> Naughty, naughty. Shaving is gendered. 

Ha ha, you're so funny.

This is a reference to a long (300-some comments) post on my Facebook page that 
started with a question from a good friend of mine on whether the concept of 
"charisma" is gendered male. Several men, including Michael, thought the word 
and concept "gendered" were too ugly to talk about. (They were all men, of 
course.) One guy thought the whole issue was "divisive," as if that were a 
reason not to talk about it. I'd actually thought that most men on the left had 
evolved beyond this point, but I was proven wrong. And here's additional proof 
from our favorite wiseguy.

Doug
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