Posted by shar on February 12, 2004, at 13:52:27
In reply to Re: What percentage of male vs. female posters? » shar, posted by Dinah on February 11, 2004, at 16:34:23
Of course, I assume you understand that my post had nothing to do with the chromosomal makeup of anybody, nor sex roles, nor gender differences, nor stereotypes, BUT with the issue of having exclusive boards.
My shock was that you supported exclusive (not just specialty) boards at all, for any reason, given your opposition to the boards discussed in the thread above about having boards that only certain people could join.
Probably my reaction would not have been such surprise had your disapproval of other private boards not been so vehement.
But, I suppose it's really neither here nor there.
Shar
> Well, I must confess that I don't consider the possession of male genitalia an elitist issue. :)
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> I've never been a big believer in the Mars and Venus idea. I don't really like any stereotypes. If you applied gender stereotypes to my marriage, I'd be the man and my husband would be the woman. I never remember anniversaries or Valentines day, and could care less about cards or presents. I'm more likely to snort than swoon at romance.
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> But I thought Phil brought up some legitimate points. Many men do communicate differently than many women. I may not understand gender differences very much, but I have heard enough about them to at least concede that there might be validity to the concept. To me it's no different from the suggestions for any specialty board. Technically, I suppose there doesn't need to be any restriction on registration. The purpose of the board would be men's issues (whatever on earth those are - my therapist won't tell me). That would be no different than the health or writing board.
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> To be scrupulously fair there maybe should be a woman's issues board too. It might be nice to have a girl's only environment to discuss female genitalia and its quirks. And whatever women's issues might be. I've never been clear on that. Of course, like Jane said, the problem is that there is a seductive feeling that it's "just us girls" when in reality it's the entire world of people with internet access.
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