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- From: johnf@uhheph.phys.hawaii.edu (John Flanagan)
- Subject: Re: jokes & sexisim in physics
- Message-ID: <1992Nov8.040557.17495@news.Hawaii.Edu>
- Keywords: sexism women women-physicists
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- Organization: University of Hawaii, Dept. of Physics & Astronomy
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- Date: Sun, 8 Nov 1992 04:05:57 GMT
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- In article <1992Nov4.205525.2541@aoa.aoa.utc.com> carl@aoa.aoa.utc.com (Carl Witthoft) writes:
- >x
- >Men just don't get it.
- >One of the things we don't get is that it's absurd for a bunch
- >of men to pontificate as to whether certain jokes are offensive
- >to women and whether this is part of the reason women avoid
- >science (or for that matter football).
- >Women know. The sooner men stop speaking for them and listening
- >to them, the better.
-
- Yes, but on the other hand, it is not women's responsibility to
- educate men about sexism. Men should be able to figure it out for
- themselves -- which sometimes involves a certain amount of discussion.
-
- >I also hate the common use (see one line up) of "them" or "us" in
- >discussions of the difference between the genders. We could
- >possibly be united :=(
-
- Yes, but...forget it, you know the rest of the argument.
-
- --John
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