On Thu, Mar 25, 2004 at 12:56:27PM -0700, Monique Y. Herman wrote: > On 2004-03-25, Number Six penned: > > On Thu, Mar 25, 2004 at 01:30:15PM +0000, timg wrote: > >> find that I do have a certain amount of trepidation when posting > >> technical difficulties. I dont know why tho. probably looking an ass > >> in public when you discover the answer was right under your nose (and > >> fifty people point it out) is the main concern. I > > > > I like that aspect of a technical community -- it encourages > > rigorousness, which helps me primarily -- I know I'd better ask a > > useful question. The stereotype is that this is a male characteristic > > and females are nurturing, but it is a useful characteristic > > nonetheless. > > I didn't know that rigor was a stereotypically male characteristic, or > that its opposite is the ability to nurture ... > > Oh, wait. Did you mean that the tendency to point out mistakes in a > not-necessarily-delicate manner was a "masculine" characteristic? That > parses out a little better.
Yes, I certainly was *not* thinking that "only men are rigorous". I meant the second thing. What I was clumsily trying to say is that the stereotype is silly, but I like an environment you have to be afraid to ask questions, because it makes me work harder. I like things to be hard. Gender isn't even an issue or a nonissue about why I feel that: it's totally orthogonal. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
