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- From: gja@mullian.ee.mu.oz.au (Grenville Armitage)
- Subject: Re: "Gender Flags" -- for lack of a better term.
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- References: <9208260030.AA14936@moeng2.morgan.edu> <1992Aug26.024810.16273@ctr.columbia.edu> <berthiau.714967102@iros1>
- Date: Fri, 28 Aug 1992 04:55:59 GMT
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- In article <berthiau.714967102@iros1> bunny@gnu.ai.mit.edu writes:
- [..]
- >Just why are so many people preoccupied with what
- >sex a user is? [..]
- >Does it really matter?
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- Oh, no! I can see it now....
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- "We are not real people, with real lives, and real experiences which
- are often shaped and affected by our gender. We are all net.entities,
- free to be the persona we choose."
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- So net.geeks have their interests in your gender?
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- Net.decent.folk probably do too, as a means of establishing possible
- areas of mutual experiences or interests. You know, the sort of stuff
- 'nice' people try and do in real life (yeah, when the terminal is off)
- conversations.
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- The gender flag seems a pointless idea, but irc enforced androgeny?
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- gja
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