Subject: Re: gender: in reply
From: David DeMumbrum (hello@mail.utexas.edu)
Date: Thu Sep 16 1999 - 14:00:00 CDT
Politeness and consideration are important, but you have to be careful not to
overemphasize these values when airing your feelings in a space that
(presumably) supports the open & honest deliberation of issues
.
-David
Emily Morrison wrote:
> I think
> in a university situation (or any situation, really) one should consider
> how their remarks might be taken - when he said those things what disturbed
> me the most is thinking of people who might already be tempted to belittle
> G-A-Ys and that that kind of remark would do nothing but foster
> misunderstanding -
>
>
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