>> Tonight someone posted the news that he had read at playboy.com
that
>> there was a group called LinuxChix here in Ottawa. I allowed myself to get
>> ensnared in a bit of a flame-fest when someone proclaimed their
>> mystification at why such intelligent women should want to split the local
>>
Terri Oda wrote:
> Jenn V. wrote:
> >Mmmhmm. IMO (and YMMV) some people can't perceive that there is still
> >discrimination/are still offputting environments/whatever. And I don't know
> >any way to explain to them /how/ these exist. Especially since I can often
> >see causes in their own actio
On Mon, 31 Jan 2000 09:50:05 +1100, "Jenn V." <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> said:
>* He doesn't actually look at a female face when casually meeting,
>lest he make her uncomfortable/be seen as 'looking' or challenging
>her or whatever. And to sit next to a female in a tram or bus means
>carefully looking
On Mon, 31 Jan 2000, Kelly Lynn Martin wrote:
> I had to learn not to do this. I used to be a big eye-contact person
> but I discovered around college that it scared people off so I learned
> not to make eye contact. I suppose I should unlearn that now that I'm
> not trying to pass for a guy any
>>* He doesn't actually look at a female face when casually meeting,
>>lest he make her uncomfortable/be seen as 'looking' or challenging
>>her or whatever. And to sit next to a female in a tram or bus means
>>carefully looking in any other direction...
>
>I had to learn not to do this. I used t
