On 2004-03-26, Emma Jane Hogbin penned: > On Thu, Mar 25, 2004 at 05:12:50PM -0700, Monique Y. Herman wrote: >> >> http://www.tldp.org/HOWTO/Encourage-Women-Linux-HOWTO/ >> >> I've been slowly wading through it. I honestly didn't find anything >> offensive in the document. I guess I should re-read it after I finish >> reading the flameage. > > Heh. Neither did I the first time. ... > > Now pretend you're a guy and read it again. Suddenly you can do no right. > Everything is the man's fault--whether it's action or a lack of action. > According to this document, you can't be a shy male sitting in the corner > of a LUG. You have to be watching all the time for things that might be > considered offensive to women. It's also uses aggressive (angry?) language. > It's fun to read as a woman--at least I get a kick out of it and feel all > empowered and bold and (yeah, like I need help with that).... I'll stop > there for fear of starting another flamefest on this list about the very > same document.
I'll try to re-read it from a guy's perspective. It definitely sounds like you have a point there, but I'm too tired to get the full value out of reading it right now ... > emma > PS I'll probably change my last name when I get married because Kent is > way cooler than Hogbin. Not to mention I've always wanted to have a name > that's 4+4+4 letters long. Hogbin's too long. Emma Kent has a nice ring to it =) Er, no pun intended. Yeah ... Monique Yvonne Mudama definitely flows better than Monique Yvonne Herman. It's just that the latter is so familiar. I always thought it would be fun to have the last name Harlequin, but for some reason that was vetoed =P And I have to relearn my signature! Ugh! -- monique -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
