RE: [techtalk] career/family question

[Davida Schiff]

Unfortunately gender does matter. In 1972 I received a draft notice to go to
Viet Nam (lucky lottery winner...lol). Seems they misspelled my name. Being
(obviously) female did not matter and I had to have a genetic work up done
to prove that  I was indeed a  female. My birth certificate was not accepted
either. So much for living in this mans' world.

Davida

                -----Original Message-----
                From:   Cynthia Dale [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
                Sent:   Tuesday, February 15, 2000 2:18 PM
                To:     [EMAIL PROTECTED]
                Subject:        Re: [techtalk] career/family question

                Is curiosity a good enough reason?  (:  And if gender
doesn't matter, what
                fun would going to a swimming pool be?  heh.
                C Dale

                On Tue, 15 Feb 2000, srl wrote:

                > On Tue, 15 Feb 2000, Tania Morell wrote:
                > 
                > > > Rik
                > > > 
                > > 
                > > It really is very hard to decipher who is male and
                > > female by their name.  Some names are not so obvious.
                > > Sorry about this but if you had spelled your name with
                > > a 'c', I may have assumed one thing.
                > 
                > why does it matter who's male, female, or other? I'd have
to say
                > that one of my personal goals as a feminist is to have
gender 
                > not matter at all... but some of you seem to feel
differently. 
                > can you explain why?
                > 
                > shane
                > 
                > 
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                Cynthia J. Dale
                Technical Engineer/FAQ maintainer
                Red Hat, Inc.

                fnord.



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