> also more on topic, I was yakking with a bunch of my (male/man) geek
> friends, and one of them made a comment about how every geek needs
> a Vemla(sp, nerdy girl char from scobby doo) because she's smart
> and wears short skirts. (I hate it when /. invades my house.) I
> brought up any number of assumptions my dear friend was making and
> I got the classic dear-caught-in-head-lights look. So I have been
> caught, yet again, assigning sexism/genderism to where mere
> cluelessness would suffice. So my question is more or less, Does
> the origin (ie, actually *ism, cluelessness, trolling, etc) of the
> *ist things which are said matter?
LOL. My (male) best friend in elementary school used to call me "Velma."
Actually, I'm not really offended by that. Smart is good, and "wears short
skirts" could mean she doesn't have body image hangups and may be more fun
in bed. Velma wasn't exactly the barbie doll type, if I remember
correctly...
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