Re: verb gender

Ron Hardin wrote:
>
> Brian M. Scott wrote:
> >
> > On Tue, 26 Jul 2005 15:37:21 GMT, "Peter T. Daniels"
> > <grammatim@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in
> > <news:42E658B0.1837@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> in sci.lang:
> >
> > > Ron Hardin wrote:
> >
> > [...]
> >
> > >> 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.
> >
> > Unless, of course, one has hard evidence. I think it very
> > safe to assume that Ron has none.
>
> You could cruise over to sci.math or sci.physics, and I bet (haven't
> looked recently) out of the last thousand posts, there are zero women.

The number of women posters to sci.lang approaches zero, yet the
profession of linguistics is about 50% female -- probably because it's a
quite recent profession and never grew any gender stereotypes.

> These aren't expert groups. They're groups of morons, but highly
> interested morons. They like to argue about why gyroscopes don't
> fall over. Anybody can join in. No women.
>
> Why? There's nothing keeping them from arguing about gyroscopes.
>
> It's not talent. It's interest.
>
> It's a delusion the male can sustain that the gyroscope question is
> important to settle. The female isn't upset by its irresolution;
> as Vicki Hearne said, a few links back, she's able to live knowing
> what isn't settled.
> --
> Ron Hardin
> rhhardin@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>
> On the internet, nobody knows you're a jerk.

--
Peter T. Daniels grammatim@xxxxxxx
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