Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.2 9/18/84; site unc.unc.UUCP Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!bonnie!akgua!mcnc!unc!fsks From: fsks@unc.UUCP (Frank Silbermann) Newsgroups: net.singles Subject: Re: Masculine vs Feminine netnews postings Message-ID: <157@unc.unc.UUCP> Date: Thu, 15-Aug-85 21:37:38 EDT Article-I.D.: unc.157 Posted: Thu Aug 15 21:37:38 1985 Date-Received: Sun, 18-Aug-85 04:11:00 EDT References: <1528@utah-gr.UUCP> <1375@pyuxd.UUCP> <100@unc.unc.UUCP> <1443@pyuxd.UUCP> <120@unc.unc.UUCP> <1477@pyuxd.UUCP> Reply-To: fsks@unc.UUCP (Frank Silbermann) Organization: CS Dept, U. of N. Carolina, Chapel Hill Lines: 28 Summary: >>>> Because your response was so direct and assertive, I would say it was >>>> masculine. Of course, your response would have been even more masculine, >>>> had you threatened to beat up any dissenters. :-) [SILBERMANN] >>>But the reason for my saying it at all was based on a sensitivity towards >>>those who are hurt by such bogus misclassifications. Does that make it >>>"feminine"? Oh dear, maybe I should put on women's clothing and hang >>>around in bars... :-) [ROSEN] >> Not at all. Part of the male role IS protector of the weak. >> Provided, of course, that the weak recognize your dominance. Otherwise, >> you've got to teach them a lesson in manners, first. :-) [SILBERMANN] >I guess mothers must be masculine then, filling a "male role" when they >watch over their little kids. [ROSEN] There's a lot of truth in that. Screeching at children for 15 years does tend to masculinize women. Raising a mess of kids has turned many a "feminin, purdy lil' thang" into a real battle-ax. :-) >Do you really believe this nonsense, Frank, or are you playing >devil's advocate? [ROSEN] I only half believe it. In this particular exchange, I've been playing "rednecks' advocate". I didn't think this would be a balanced discussion unless their views were also represented. Frank Silbermann