On Thu, 10 Sep 2009, Lisi Reisz wrote: > That is not true and is offensive. I made no attempt to extrapolate > to all men.
It may not have been intentional, but it certainly was implied. When people are assigned to a class and judgements are made, those judgements are extrapolated to members of that class, whether consciously or subconsciously. [If there's no need to extrapolate, then there's no need to mention the class.] > Are you in fact feeling threatened? And is that why you alone have > to attack so hard? I certainly feel the threat of discrimination, and yes, it's why I try to make sure that people are aware of cases when I feel they're practicing it. It's certainly not meant as an attack, though.[1] [I should also point out that this is also another example of ascribing motivations based on a perception of gender.] Don Armstrong 1: Everyone at some point discriminates based on classes; human beings can't help but do it. I certainly would expect others to point it out when I do it, and I try hard not to interpret it as an attack. -- We were at a chinese restaurant. He was yelling at the waitress because there was a typo in his fortune cookie. -- hugh http://www.gapingvoid.com/Moveable_Type/archives/000321.html http://www.donarmstrong.com http://rzlab.ucr.edu -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-women-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
