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In Reply to this Note From: <Melinda Shore>
>
>In article <9107291247.AA11596@wubios> you write:
>>>   Bright-eyes and pretty Nina Lytton of the "Open Systems Advisor" says:
>>
>>I insist that my remark was in no way sexist.  I in no way indicated
>>that this woman should be dominated by a man or men.  I have known
>>women who lose understanding due to their dependance on their vanity.
>
>Men, too.

That is true.

>
>The reason that your comment was sexist was that you felt compelled
>to comment on her appearance, rather than focussing exclusively
>on what she said.  This is known as trivialization, and is widely

I commented on the appearance of all three individuals, including both men.

>identified as a form of sexist behavior.  I imagine that your

Perhaps.  I would be interested in hearing her job title prior to the
article's appearance.  The inset itself was itself of trivial nature,
and making any non-trivial commentary at all is difficult.

>intent was not sexist, but your comment did reflect a range of
>unquestioned assumptions on your part, the result of socialization.

I suppose that my attraction to women is the result of socialization.
If I had been raised by wolves I would probably consider them strange.

>
>Melinda
>-- 
>                  Software longa, hardware brevis
>Melinda Shore - Cornell Information Technologies - shore@tc.cornell.edu
>

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