Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.1 6/24/83; site ttidcc.UUCP Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!bonnie!akgua!whuxlm!harpo!decvax!linus!philabs!ttidca!ttidcc!regard From: regard@ttidcc.UUCP (Adrienne Regard) Newsgroups: net.women Subject: men dominate (?) net.women Message-ID: <705@ttidcc.UUCP> Date: Thu, 22-Aug-85 11:11:18 EDT Article-I.D.: ttidcc.705 Posted: Thu Aug 22 11:11:18 1985 Date-Received: Sun, 25-Aug-85 02:42:33 EDT Organization: TTI, Santa Monica, CA. Lines: 36 > Andy Cohill >Out of one side of your mouth you waiving the flag for equal >treatment, freedom to compete with men, more power for women, etc., >and out of the other side you seem to be saying that you women just >don't have what it takes to "dominate" this forum, so we men should >"let" you dominate it. Well, Andy, you must have been mad, and let your anger color your posting. Karla was expressing a personal opinion, essentially (as I interpreted it -- another personal opinion) that she wasn't interested in hearing all the crap recently being posted to the net (you recall, while she did cite the number of articles posted, by sex, her REAL gripe was the trivial subject matter and the lack of information on the part of many of the posters). I also took her gripe about the relative numbers to be her interpretation as to WHY the subjects were trivial and/or lacking information. The collective we of net.women have been aware of the volume level for some time. Perhaps (just interpretation here) Karla is suggesting that the true relevant volume of the net is closer to the 39 articles women posted than the 143 that include the men's contributions. Frankly, I don't agree with her, and am as mindful of my sense of obligation to refute some of the stupider arguments of the uninformed as well as respond favorably to the arguments of those similarly educated to myself, BUT! she certainly is entitled to her opinion. IF I were a man, and IF my intent in reading net.women was to learn something I didn't already know about women, I might find a message in Karla's posting -- that there are women out there who don't post possibly interesting/intelligent stuff because they don't like the way this net works. IF I didn't care, then I'd probably 'n' past the rest of this argument. Adrienne Regard