Dear Ursula,

patronising I think is the word you are looking for. It is often a gender thing. It is personal. And it does discourage people posting. Not out of fear, but because it doesn’t seem to change much, despite the many, many times it has been raised in the more than 12 years I have been subscribed to this list. 

Johann, personal views are very much allowed in research – they are often the basis for very good research questions and projects. And I do have empirical data to support my views – if you are so inclined, have a look at my doctoral dissertation. 

As Terry Threadgold has said, gender will always need doing, again and again. Not quite in those words. 

all the best,
teena

> In this list there are not few but quite some male academics that have a way of trying to discredit contributions of women (but not only women) in a way and a style that is rude and arrogant, at the same time ignorant and feels like they cannot accept that maybe some other people with different cultural backgrounds (and different sexes) could have a point of view and a wisdom that is against everything that they learned, have thought so far, their dominant values and believes.
> 
> And they are not able to tolerate these different world views but can only fight them. Sometimes it even seems that they even enjoy doing so.
> 
> This has nothing to do with a high level academic debate but has rather the character of misogyny 
> but that is not directed only against women but also against other cultural backgrounds… and people with other believe systems.
> 
> If you now ask for the empirical data behind my assumption then just read through all the past discussions going back and forth here.
> 
>> 
>> Oh, dear
>> I rest my case ...
>> 
>> As I told my students ad nauseum, opinion and personal views are not
>> allowed in this (research) class:
>> Please provide your interpretation (while concisely reminding the reader of
>> the exact circumstances) to back up your statements ...
>> 
>> Cindy, your post reads like your tweets ... but that should not be the
>> case, here.
>> 
>> Johann


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