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Hi Linda and Lee,
 
I agree that gender is only one variable -- but, like race, ethnicity etc.  
not one to be left out of the conversation if our goal is to be wholistic 
in our  approach to the human species as we currently exist.  Not describing 
the  elephants in the room doesn't make them disappear!
 
What other variables would you like to include along with gender as we  
discuss communication styles as one area we could apply permaculture to?
 
I see this as perhaps analogous to plant or animal descriptions:  not  all 
individuals respond the same way, but perhaps it would be significance to  
note some differences relative to species, gender?  We certainly do this  all 
the time when doing our permaculture designs, and humans are just another  
species living on our land, albeit a (hopefully) very smart one!
 
Linda
 
 
In a message dated 8/22/2010 1:51:02 P.M. Pacific Daylight Time,  
lindaray@att.net writes:

I humbly  suggest we think outside of 'gender' and more into 'personal 
character  
attribute sets that are harmonious with Permaculture  objectives'. 


That way, we won't leave out Mother Theresa,  Gandhiji, Mother Mary and 
Jesus, 
Nelson Mandela, Sir Francis Bacon, Lady  Di, and Wafa Sultan, among many, 
many 
others. It's much, much larger  than simple gender IMO.

Limited language breeds limited thinking. If  you cannot express in depth 
and 
with thoroughness what you are doing, it's  *way* harder to spread the word 
about 
it... Permaculture is in a  ground-breaking position here. Carpe Diem  :-).

Namaste,

Linda




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From:  Lee Flier <leeflier@comcast.net>
To: permaculture  <permaculture@lists.ibiblio.org>
Sent: Sun, August 22, 2010 7:58:22  AM
Subject: Re: [permaculture] WTF?

Like I said, I don't deny the  research, but I just don't know that it's 
constructive to frame  communications problems in those terms.  I think 
it's 
enough to  simply say that there are different styles of communication 
(which are  
affected by a lot of factors including gender, culture, language, and  
individual 
upbringing) and it's probably constructive for everyone to work  on their 
communication skills, especially in today's globalized  culture.

I also don't necessarily agree that female leadership tends  toward more 
cooperative or peaceful results.  We haven't had too many  women in power 
throughout history to use as examples, but those we have  had haven't 
necessarily 
been shining examples - Margaret Thatcher and  Marie Antoinette come to 
mind. :D  
Women are just as susceptible as  men to being corrupted by power.

I realize there are some generalities  that hold true in a lot of cases, 
but 
since I've personally been  victimized by generalizations far more often 
than 
I've been helped (and  know many others in the same boat), I tend to poke 
holes 
in them much more  often than accept them.

On 8/21/2010 3:19 PM, Killian O'Brien  wrote:
> Lee,
> 
> This is basically an FYI comment, but I  think if we are bothering to 
have this 
>conversation, we can't dismiss  what is an important aspect of it, even if 
not a 
>central point of  contention therein.
> 
> Research, experience and history do show  fairly large differences in 
>communicative styles which also translate  over to problem solving. Of 
course, 
>these are generalizations, but  they are real issues and the 
generalizations 
>apply to a large  percentage of the population. Essentially, women problem 
solve 
>via  relationships, men via practicalities.
> 
> The results of female  leadership because of this tend to create more 
>cooperative, more  peaceful results... including societies. Like I said 
before, 
>I'd love  to study with permaculturists such as Starhawk, but would likely 
never  
>teach in a similar style... though I might have 20 years  ago.

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