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- From: dmd39855@uxa.cso.uiuc.edu (Daniel M. DuBois)
- Subject: Re: "Gender Flags" -- for lack of a better term.
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- Date: Thu, 27 Aug 1992 19:38:59 GMT
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- notarus@uiuc.edu (Mark Notarus) writes:
-
- > I'm not exactly known as paranoid, but at the same time, i really see
- >a need for it. Why a gender flag? So i can tell if you're male or female?
- >Why? Why can't i ASK you? Am i gonna speak to you different because you're
- >male?
-
- Actually.. I know I speak differently to females than I do to males...
- Be it telling a dirty joke, or talking about old girlfreinds, or talking
- about picking up guys, or talking about sports.... pretty much anything
- in life is handled vastly differntly due to the other persons gender..
- In any other situation in life, be it in person or on the phone, we
- have access to this crucial sociological piece of information, why not on
- irc?
-
- How many of you guys greet other guys with: "hugz!" ?
-
- -Dan
-