Greg.See-Kee@f631.n712.z3.fidonet.org (Greg See-Kee) (06/28/90)
Index Number: 8947
EA> ||Now I know why the other senior staff thought I was gay!
EA> It should be obvious to the casual observer, that the senior staff
EA> thought Greg was gay because he's so happy, excited, bright,
EA> exuberant, and lively.
I think you must be a "white man" -- talking with a forked
tongue!
When you grow up, you might realize that the Personality that
presents via a BBS-KEYBOARD-CONFERENCE is very different to
almost every other situation.
If you ever read other conferences, then get to meet the real
people, you'd be surpised just how mistaken your "imagination"
really was.
But getting back on topic:
Reasons that I was mistaken as "gay" was that I did not use nor
refer to women as sex objects. This meant that if a woman
valued the sexual sterotype so much that I failed to react to her
"well-proven" tests, then I was not one of the 95% heterosexual
men -- so she thought.
Like most men who are extremely popular with women, I have
sisters - three in fact. Since this "sexual objectification" is
so common amongst heterosexual males, it is only to be expected
that I should be seen as not a sterotype man.
In my years of work with delinquents (all ages) and disabled men,
I've always been puzzled about reinforcing them into the
tradional male sex role.
But I think that we don't have any feminists in this conference -
neither male feminists nor female feminists.
As well, feminist, sexism & racism are off-topic to this
conference, unless they relate to disability.
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Internet: Greg.See-Kee@f631.n712.z3.fidonet.orgera@ncar.ucar.edu (Ed Arnold) (07/07/90)
Index Number: 9058 In article <12532@bunker.UUCP> Greg.See-Kee@f631.n712.z3.fidonet.org writes: |Index Number: 8947 | |I think you must be a "white man" -- talking with a forked |tongue! It would be more correct to refer to the placement of my tongue (in cheek), rather than its configuration. |When you grow up, you might realize that the Personality that |presents via a BBS-KEYBOARD-CONFERENCE is very different to |almost every other situation. | |If you ever read other conferences, then get to meet the real |people, you'd be surpised just how mistaken your "imagination" |really was. Some observations: 1. I am not planning on growing up. I am hoping to go the other way. 2. Yes, I am well aware of this phenomenon. I've been working in the net-news/e-mail medium for 8 years. 3. Perhaps you are trying to divorce your *real* personality (whatever that might be) from what you appear to be on this bulletin board? Why IS it that you have (so far) ignored more direct communication? |But getting back on topic: | |Reasons that I was mistaken as "gay" was that I did not use nor |refer to women as sex objects. This meant that if a woman |valued the sexual sterotype so much that I failed to react to her |"well-proven" tests, then I was not one of the 95% heterosexual |men -- so she thought. I would hope that the members of this and other disability conferences would have risen above labels. |In my years of work with delinquents (all ages) and disabled men, |I've always been puzzled about reinforcing them into the |tradional male sex role. | |But I think that we don't have any feminists in this conference - |neither male feminists nor female feminists. Bull. Of course there are feminists here. One of them is currently communicating to you. -- Ed Arnold * NCAR * POB 3000, Boulder, CO 80307-3000 * 303-497-1253(w) era@ncar.ucar.edu [128.117.64.4] * era@ncario.bitnet * era@ncar.uucp "See, the human mind is kind of like ... a pinata. When it breaks open, there's a lot of surprises inside." --Jane Wagner/Lily Tomlin