Tamra R. Heathershaw-Hart wrote:
>
> At 12:15 PM 7/13/98 -0700, you wrote:
> >Tamara -- what have you heard about the m/f membership out of NY? This
> >one sends our Seattle chapter into hysterics ... there are "hardliners"
> >on both sides.
>
> I haven't heard anything official from NY on this one. I know the original
> charter was to create a place where women could gather and felt "safe" to
> ask dumb questions -- i.e. assuming that a female-only space would be safe
> from certain behaviors/attitudes -- but from what I've seen from the folks
> in charge of our chapter, the reality isn't that men aren't allowed, but
> rather that they aren't who the group is *for*.
The gnashing of teeth has come here from those who don't want SO of the
opposite gender attending meetings ... not the "guy off the street" per
se. <shrug>
>
> HOWEVER....I also think that here in the Bay Area USA we have a more
> (insert throat clearing sound here) *flexible* view of male and female than
> in some other states, and thus may have a bit more relaxed idea of who can
> and can't be a webgrrl. So, it may be that the reality is different in
> different cities.
Well, this /is/ Seattle <g> .... where gender-bending isn't as much of
an art form as in SF, but i sometimes think we're treating it like the
race where we are "#2"!
Kathy
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