On 2004-03-25, Number Six penned: > On Thu, Mar 25, 2004 at 01:30:15PM +0000, timg wrote: >> find that I do have a certain amount of trepidation when posting >> technical difficulties. I dont know why tho. probably looking an ass >> in public when you discover the answer was right under your nose (and >> fifty people point it out) is the main concern. I > > I like that aspect of a technical community -- it encourages > rigorousness, which helps me primarily -- I know I'd better ask a > useful question. The stereotype is that this is a male characteristic > and females are nurturing, but it is a useful characteristic > nonetheless.
I didn't know that rigor was a stereotypically male characteristic, or that its opposite is the ability to nurture ... Oh, wait. Did you mean that the tendency to point out mistakes in a not-necessarily-delicate manner was a "masculine" characteristic? That parses out a little better. -- monique -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
