Subject: [Fwd: gender: topics]
From: David DeMumbrum (hello@mail.utexas.edu)
Date: Wed Sep 15 1999 - 04:02:05 CDT
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I recall him saying something to the effect of, "DeMumbrum, do you
realize how SAD and FUCKED UP that is?"
-David
lindsey wrote:
>
> yay! I like everyone's intros so far. I thought it might be time for an
> actual topic tho. Did anyone notice the other day in class when Del said
> that he/she (does anyone else see the need for a gender inspecific
> prounoun?) didnt like talking to women because they made conversations so
> covert? Basically what I heard is that we women manipulate others thru
> conversation. Hmmm... I found myself thinking that if he/she (insert
> appropriate pronoun here) were of a gender we could easily define, then
> most of the females in the class would have been all over that arguing the
> counterpoint. I found myself suddenly (and uncharacteristically)
> unconfrontational due to the nature of the subject. It was a minor thing,
> but i noticed it. Did anyone else?
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