Elaine,
The "Male method of Speaking" in which body parts are used to describe
things... was never intended to exclude females, it is just a
universial language that "Anyone" can use to describe form and
function.
As you have expressed so often before...
Men have only one thing on their minds at all times!
Get use to it.
Men complain that they don't understand how women think.
But then again, most men don't expect to ever acquire that gift.
They also don't try to change the way the women think. Do they?
Larry Blasch
OPW Fueling Components
P.O. Box 405003 Voice: (513) 870-3356
Cincinnati, OH 45240-5003 USA Fax: (513) 874-1231
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Subject: good fellowship?
Author: Elaine Hunt <ehunt@ces.clemson.edu> at internet
Date: 9/29/99 12:33 PM
>if you're off in one direction or another. I believe the verbiage was
simply >the associated male hyperbole describing this symbol with its
attendant >jocularity and good fellowship.
Paula.....
This is the male method of speaking to each other that precludes females
from participating.
Using body parts to describe things is one way of making sure one retains
control. Engineers are the worst in this type of "good fellowship".....
I'll never forget asking how to identify a particular model of teletype and
was told "you pick it up and look between the legs". Message meant: do
not ask questions.
Keep learning and keep asking why!
Elaine
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