Re: verb gender

Ron Hardin wrote:
>
> Peter T. Daniels wrote:
> > > Why couldn't a man say, or why should someone think a man couldn't say,
> > > 'shortens out' for 'shorts out', either as opposed to a woman?
> >
> > Ron has already exposed his sexism in his reply.
>
> It's sexism to say that a woman can't fly an airplane properly, or can't do math.
>
> It's not sexism to say that mostly they're not interested enough to dedicate the
> time necessary to become world class at it, as distinct from lacking the talent for it
> if they went for it. They mostly prefer a social life, when the time comes to choose
> how many weekends they're going to give up for it, the contrary male example being
> all weekends. So they drop out.

Not merely a jerk, but a clueless jerk. It's sexism to say that "mostly
they" anything.

In particular "'re not interested enough" and "mostly prefer."

> http://home.att.net/~rhhardin9/vickihearne.womenmath.txt
> Vicki Hearne on Women and Science
>
> --
> Ron Hardin
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>
> On the internet, nobody knows you're a jerk.

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