[WikiEN-l] Systemic bias wrt gender

Sat Nov 25 15:32:45 UTC 2006

On Nov 25, 2006, at 8:19 AM, Sean Barrett wrote:

> The attacks were an ill-considered remark from Alphax, and then my
> wondering why Alphax was being lynched for what was to me clearly a  
> mere
> grumble rather than a truly hateful remark.  But wait!  My questioning
> of their lynching revealed that I too am a vicious misogynist!  From
> there, the script is playing out as usual -- there is of course no
> defense against a charge of misogyny; /any/ response whatsoever (other
> than immediate public self-abasement followed by a good long
> self-flagellation) proves the charge.

That response is just another way of saying I'm afraid to post  
because I might be attacked.

Fred