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Conference turris::womannotes-v1

Title:ARCHIVE-- Topics of Interest to Women, Volume 1 --ARCHIVE
Notice:V1 is closed. TURRIS::WOMANNOTES-V5 is open.
Moderator:REGENT::BROOMHEAD
Created:Thu Jan 30 1986
Last Modified:Fri Jun 30 1995
Last Successful Update:Fri Jun 06 1997
Number of topics:873
Total number of notes:22329

108.0. "A new conference for men's issues" by LSTARK::THOMPSON (Noter of the LoST ARK) Tue Nov 11 1986 15:00

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Note 1121.0*                      Men's Issues                        No replies
LSTARK::THOMPSON "Noter of the LoST ARK"              9 lines  11-NOV-1986 15:02
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    Announcing a companion conference to WOMENNOTES for men.
    This conferences is for discussing issues of special interest
    to men. Women are, of course, welcome and invited to contribute.
    
    The conference is located at 2B::MENNOTES. Please read the
    conference guidelines in topic 1.*.
    
    		Alfred Thompson
    		Co-moderator
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108.1i'm confused...WHO::AUGUSTINETue Nov 11 1986 16:143
    How does this conference differ from the "MEN" conference?
    
    liz
108.2Different Goderators for the new and improved conference?SERPNT::SONTAKKENuke the hypocritesTue Nov 11 1986 16:161
    
108.3CELICA::QUIRIYChristineTue Nov 11 1986 18:1110

It may differ because Alfred is sane.  Considerate, too.  He listens.  He's
not aggressive.  He speaks his mind.  He's a human being.  I haven't been 
around the net (consistently) enough to know (or remember) many Noter's 
personalities, but I do remember Alfred, and I'm one of his "fans."  And I 
probably disagree with some of what he says.  I think I'll mosey on over 
there...

CQ
108.4ok.WHAT::AUGUSTINEWed Nov 12 1986 11:047
    i've looked at both notes files now, and have had some private
    communications on my question (.1?), so now i have a better idea
    of the differences. please don't make this into another warring
    note -- we have enough already!
    
    thanks
    liz
108.5And then there was one...BETHEL::THOMPSONNoter of the LoST ARKWed Nov 12 1986 12:085
    BTW, the 'other' conferences appears to have been closed. Note
    1.4 indicates that it is not likely to re-open. 2B::MENNOTES is
     still open for business.
    
    			Alfred
108.6CSC32::WOLBACHWed Nov 12 1986 12:413
    I'm confused...were there 2 conferences of mennotes?
    I'm aware of 2B::mennotes.  Did I miss something?
    
108.7Yes there was originally one file .ZEPPO::MAHLERAn X-SITE-ing position !Wed Nov 12 1986 12:4612
    
    
    	Yes, you missed a very good file full of, mostly,
    	honest and serious questions and informational
    	replies.
    
    	The file on ZEPPO is now closed.  Please do not access
    	it any longer.
    
    			Mr. Mahler	FSE XSITE Development
    
    
108.8KP7 didn't workSHIRE::MAURERThu Nov 13 1986 13:048
    Re : .0
    
    Am I the only person having trouble accessing this file, ie the
    2B:: one?  All I get is "Invalid Entry Name".
    
    And isn't this file called womAnnotes?  It doesn't mean much
    semantically, but it helps if you want to get in.  :-)
                                                
108.9VIKING::TARBETMargaret MairhiThu Nov 13 1986 14:018
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    Interesting that you should point that out (womAnnotes vs mEnnotes).
    I was just speculating this morning about whether the different
    usage unintentionally models the way men and women stereotypically
    see themselves.
    
    					=maggie
108.10{RE .9 {RE .8}}VAXUUM::DYERThe Shaw Sleeps in Lee Harvey&#039;s GraveThu Nov 13 1986 14:184
{RE .9 {RE .8}} - Gee, I thought that had less to do with self-image
 and more to do with your use of phrases popular in some feminist
  circles.  (Womansong, womanprose, etc.)
   <_Jym_>
108.11RDGE28::KEWJerry built systemsFri Nov 14 1986 08:3016
>    Interesting that you should point that out (womAnnotes vs mEnnotes).
>    I was just speculating this morning about whether the different
>    usage unintentionally models the way men and women stereotypically
>    see themselves.


Woman as a word can relate to all women

Man as a word(due in part to the sexist nature of the language) requires 
clarification as to whether you refer to the species or the sex within the 
species. Subconsiously people react by finding it easier to refer to men to 
achieve the equivalent.

Just a thought
Jerry