Re: [issues] ESR's Sex Tips for Geeks (sp: semi-coherent rant)

2001-04-08 Thread Julie
From: Conor Daly <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > On Fri, Apr 06, 2001 at 10:53:59AM -0500 or so it is rumoured hereabouts, > Julie thought: > > Ah, well that explains it. I always use "separatist" like "lesbian" > > just magically goes in front of it. Never encountered a het > > separatist ... > > Julie,

Re: [issues] Women and finance

2001-04-08 Thread Rick Scott
(Fenchurch:) > When I went looking for a ten port patch panel for our flat intranet, the > one shop assistant that did help me, only helped *after* a short but > interesting conversation about the merits of BNC vs UTP. The rest...well, I > got asked if the cable "looked a bit like a phone cable, b

RE: [issues] Women and finance

2001-04-08 Thread Fenchurch
Lisa Beimler said: > > Go to most computer departments and count the number of women > and you will > > see we still have a long way to go. Computing is still a guy's club and > > most women I know, myself included, still feel they have to break in and > > show themselves comptetent. Quite a few

Re: [issues] ESR's Sex Tips for Geeks

2001-04-08 Thread helen hudson
I think it would be more in generic character for a woman to appraise men after getting to know them... as women are more attracted by personality and men by good looks. I wonder if woman also put more importance on security and would look at a man twice if she knew he was a good earner/provider.

Re: [issues] Women and finance

2001-04-08 Thread Kathryn Hogg
Lisa Beimler said: > Go to most computer departments and count the number of women and you will > see we still have a long way to go. Computing is still a guy's club and > most women I know, myself included, still feel they have to break in and > show themselves comptetent. And doesn't CSci have

Re: [issues] ESR's Sex Tips for Geeks

2001-04-08 Thread Mary Gardiner
On Mon, Apr 09, 2001 at 11:01:19AM +1000, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > At the same time, I'm pretty sure very few hetero females could pass a > > rippling muscled tanned (or whatever) male without thinking of some > > variation on "YUM!" :) > > Actually, I almost never notice them. Dancer notic

Re: [issues] ESR's Sex Tips for Geeks

2001-04-08 Thread jenn
Conor Daly wrote: > At the same time, I'm pretty sure very few hetero females could pass a > rippling muscled tanned (or whatever) male without thinking of some > variation on "YUM!" :) Actually, I almost never notice them. Dancer notices them, and points them out to me, and then I go 'yes, h

Re: [issues] ESR's Sex Tips for Geeks

2001-04-08 Thread Conor Daly
On Wed, Apr 04, 2001 at 09:26:08PM +1000 or so it is rumoured hereabouts, Mary Gardiner thought: > > I know a lot of men who don't seem to as well. But I ask them and they > say, well of course I think about having sex with every woman I see. I > mean, I'm male, aren't I? > > I hope it's just b

Re: [issues] ESR's Sex Tips for Geeks (sp: semi-coherent rant)

2001-04-08 Thread Conor Daly
On Fri, Apr 06, 2001 at 10:53:59AM -0500 or so it is rumoured hereabouts, Julie thought: > From: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > Julie wrote: > > > > > > > Could you ellaborate on that?!? I'm friends with a number of > > > seps (as well as an ex-lover of one) and can't think of any > > > definition b

Re: [issues] Women and finance

2001-04-08 Thread jenn
Lisa Beimler wrote: > I have a 4 year old and a 6 month old > that I am still nursing and I do a much larger part of the child care and > housework than my husband does. Why? I'll have to think more about that > when I have more time. To some extent, the fact that you are still nursing the ba

Re: [issues] Women and finance

2001-04-08 Thread Lisa Beimler
> Do people still perceive problems with the law and corporations? Or are the > problems now that women simply aren't making the choice to work with > computers for more personal and or internalised reasons (ie problems with > specific men, or with perceiving other fields to be more friendly)? We