Internetworkers: http://www.ibiblio.org/internetworkers/

[Gina Norman <gina AT vnet.net>]

> I am constantly amazed at our ability to cloud an relatively simple issue. 
> If America had an issue with wide scale devaluing of red heads, geezers and 
> so on, that is still perpetuated even today. That leaves whole communities 
> struggling with generational curses then I can see your point. But for now 
> can we keep the issue clean? 

Well, America does have an issue with wide-scale devaluing of women,at
least in "high technology" based on both salary ranges for equivalent
positions and the dearth of women entering technology degree programs at
the college level.  And I would've still left "ookie" if someone had
wanted me in Internetworkers just 'cause I'm a girl.*

I even thought of using that as that as my example, in fact, but decided
that my point, which is that I don't want someone to value my
participation just because I'm "diverse" or part of a specific
group-of-interest, was better served by the red-head thing than by
throwing gender into the mix. I want my participation to be valued because
of who *I* am.

Make sense?

-gina



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My brain seems to have a circuit-breaker-like mechanism that, when I get
confused and befuddled by the overwheming monstrosities of my life, causes 
a default to the simplest and most pleasant of thoughts.  Like Marshmallow
Peeps.  I *like* Marshmallow Peeps.

Gina Norman                                      And the only bit that
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ginanorm AT nortelnetworks.com (me at work)         http://users.vnet.net/gina
gina AT earthling.net (me personally, again -- sick of me yet?  ;)
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