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  • From: Robert Weeks <robert AT designhammer.com>
  • To: InterNetWorkers <internetworkers AT franklin.oit.unc.edu>
  • Subject: Re: NYTimes article: He-Mails, She-Mails: Where Sender Meets Gender
  • Date: Fri, 18 May 2001 10:13:39 -0400


Thank you,

Couldn't have said it better myself.

Robert Weeks

Partner - Technology
DesignHammer Media Group, LLC
http://www.designhammer.com

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On 5/18/01 9:36 AM, "Diana Duncan" <art2mis AT nc.rr.com> wrote:

> What I don't understand is, why these types of things are of any interest,
> and why they are being researched. People are people, and each and every
> one of us is different than every other -- we're like snowflakes. The fact
> that I have brown hair as opposed to blond probably could be used to group
> me in a brunette category of email users. The fact that we're a bunch of
> technologists that like beer obviously groups us. As the only sane quote in
> the piece reads, "The key word is context."
>
> I'm truly disturbed with the continuing characterization of men's speech as
> "instrumental, functional or transactional" which implies that women's
> speech is everything but. This is a pervasive and untrue societal belief
> that fails to recognize the importance of human interaction. Humans should
> be more than functional - otherwise we can easily be replaced by machines.
>
> Whenever studies are done on the differences between men and women, or
> blacks and whites, or blondes and brunettes, it denigrates the basic
> principle that we are all human. Our differences should be celebrated and
> accepted, not analyzed. I'm human, damnit, and that's what I answer
> whenever some form asks for "race". That's all that is important.
>
> How's that for some strong assertions?
>
> Diana
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Rani Gill" <ranigrrl AT yahoo.com>
> To: "InterNetWorkers" <internetworkers AT franklin.oit.unc.edu>
> Sent: Thursday, May 17, 2001 10:49 AM
> Subject: [internetworkers] NYTimes article: He-Mails, She-Mails: Where
> Sender Meets Gender
>
>
>>
>> An interesting little piece on gender differences in using e-mail. My
>> favirote quote -- though I don't really agree with it:
>>
>> Her research shows that in online groups, "men tend to make strong
>> assertions," disagree with others and use profanity, insults and
>> sarcasm. By contrast, women tend to use mitigated assertions along
>> with questions, offers, suggestions and polite expressions, she
>> said.
>>
>> \----------------------------------------------------------/
>>
>> He-Mails, She-Mails: Where Sender Meets Gender
>>
>>
>> By JOYCE COHEN
>>
>>
>
>
>
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  • Re: NYTimes article: He-Mails, She-Mails: Where Sender Meets Gender, Robert Weeks, 05/18/2001

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