Re: women on list

Thanks for redeeming my faith in humanity. But please,
let's not fall into a stereotypical trap where "Women
Lurk, Men Jerk".


--- Max Dashu <maxdashu@...> wrote:

> > by the way, why don't I see any women on this
> list?
>
> There are some, but we lurk. In the past i've
> noticed that women's
> posts didn't get responded as readily, that could be
> a factor.
>
> I've been on for many years, but my name (Maxine for
> long) doesn't
> ring female. I'm not a credentialed linguist, but
> like to soak up the
> knowledge (filtering like mad, of course, given the
> amount of
> speculation). So much of this information,
> especially the synthesis
> of linguistic evidence for prehistory with
> archaeology and so on, is
> hard to find.
>
> Max Dashu
>

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