Subject: gender: Re:
From: Lindsey (lindsey@mail.utexas.edu)
Date: Wed Sep 15 1999 - 21:24:03 CDT
At 06:54 PM 9/15/99 -0600, you wrote:
i didn't say you generalized,
>explain to me what is so wrong when i say, and yes, maybe generalized that
>to me arguementative behaviour seems to be one of the behaviours that count
>when you are trying to pass as female...
it just seems to me that generalizing either gender to be argumentative is
unfair. I am argumentative. but im not argumentative because I am of the
female gender. (btw im not "passing" as a woman. I am a woman, both in
gender and in sex) I am argumentative because its fun and it helps me see
both sides of an argument. The fact is, by generalizing women as
argumentative (not that there is anything wrong with being argumentative),
you make unfair judgements on people depending on their gender and not them
as an individual. And thats what i thought YOU said we shouldnt do... I
wasnt taking it as a personal attack, rather, i was taking offense to be
generalized and i was simply pointing out that you werent practicing what
you preach. Im not trying to be mean or rude - just argumentative.
-lindsey
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