On Thu, 30 Mar 2000 22:32:39 +1000
"Jenn V." <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> It concludes that there is a tendancy for girls, around the
> early teenage years, to stop using computers by choice. They
> continue to use them for specific tasks, but stop experimenting
> and playing.
My sister and I re
On Sun, 16 Jan 2000 05:14:29 -0500
Kelly Lynn Martin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Heh. All of my skirts have at least two pockets. Guess I buy stuff
> in the wrong places.
My skirts usually don't have pockets... but my suit jackets do. Thank
god for them too, I'd probably have lost all sorts o
On Tue, 11 Jan 2000 10:07:26 +1100
"Jenn V." <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Or is there a double standard?
Yes
Emily
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On Mon, 10 Jan 2000 17:10:25 -0500
"Caitlyn Martin" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Hi,
> >
> > Because those who were being published, like James Triptree Jr. and C.L.
> > Moore, were not widely known to be female.
>
> ...and C.J. Cherryh, Andre Norton, and so on...
>
> OTOH, how could he argue
On Mon, 10 Jan 2000 13:42:34 -0800 (PST)
Deirdre Saoirse <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> On Sat, 8 Jan 2000, Emily Cartier wrote:
> > Yes. See the history of SF. See the history of SFWA. There have *always*
> > been women involved in writing SF, no matter how sexist the pub
On Mon, 10 Jan 2000 16:11:01 -0800 (PST)
Deirdre Saoirse <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> The only one of those four I can stand is Kate Wilhelm but only because
> she wrote "I Know What You're Thinking," easily one of my favorite
> stories.
>
> Ah well. :)
>
> I'm a Lois McMaster Bujold fan myself.
On Fri, 7 Jan 2000 14:41:26 -0500
Robert Kiesling <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> I don't think it's a question of "respect" and "sexism." I think more
> appropriate words would be "abuse," and "repression." If you're in
> the upper strata of the U.S. economy, you're going to view these
> limitatio
On Thu, 06 Jan 2000 17:11:36 -0500
Caitlyn Martin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> J B wrote:
>
> > Currently, if a woman wants to be in any field, and is of the proper
> > mindset, there is nothing that will keep her out...not sexism,
>
> Really You mean if a guy is sexist, doesn't take women
