Karl,
It is all true. I was #8 in the lottery that no one wanted to win .My name
was listed as David A versus Davida. It was one big pain. BTW...while in
college when all my girl-friends were burning their bras (1972) I burnt my
draft notice. Lol
Davida
-----Original Message-----
From: Karl-Heinz Zimmer [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
Sent: Tuesday, February 15, 2000 3:07 PM
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: RE: [techtalk] career/family question
Davida,
I don't want to understand you wrong: are you just kidding?
Or did it *really* happen like this?
Karl-Heinz
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On 15.02.00, 23:51:07, Davida Schiff
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wrote regarding RE: [techtalk] career/family question:
> 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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