M. Corey Watts wrote:
> At 03:00 PM 11/7/98 +0000, you wrote:
> >yep, I was going to post on that very point. Although I wouldn't have
> >used such a condescending term as 'girls'.
>
> It was meant to be fun. (Oh, I forgot, we're not supposed to be enjoying
> ourselves ;) I'm politely unapologetic. Offence might be taken but
> certainly wasn't intended.
fun fun fun I love fun too, but I notice that is always the response when
someone is accused of reproducing politically suspect discourse unconsciously.
I'm not having a go at you personally and I'm not into discursive witch-hunts.
There are much better ways to have fun, besides.
> Seems to be lots of
> >imbalances on this list, ie. analytical
> >philosophy, environmental economics, someone wake me up when things get
> >interesting..
>
> One might diplomatically suggest unsubscribing.
Oh I surely will since cyberspace is ultimately dull, and there are many better
things to do. However, it would be defeatist not to stay around a while and see
what happens in the enviro-ethics lads club. So please don't exclude me for
having an alternative idea of what environmental ethics are about.
> For my part, I would prefer just to see the discourse shift away from what
> seems all too often to be of the "point-scoring, preaching, posturing"
> kind, to a more constructive variety. Now, I'm not sin-free when it comes
> to prosyletising or macho posturing, but I subscribed to this list in order
> to learn, not preach and beat my chest. Not to say some women aren't
> entirely capable of this and not to say we shouldn't get passionate...
>
> Maybe a few more females putting their two-cents' worth in would nudge the
> list toward a more...Oh, I don't know...help me out here someone
can't disagree there. There are surely women subscribed to this list so I would
expect the next reflexive step would be for you to ask why the vast majority of
people who actually post to this list are male? Why are the women subscribers
not interested in posting?
> Corey (A bloke by any other name)
Richard, an ecofeminist 'bloke' who even loves football, and quite likes
beer.......:-O
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