Re: [Marxism] Female Pundits Could Use Help With Hate Mail

[Louis Proyect <lnp3@xxxxxxxxx>]

Steffi wrote:
> An interesting commentary in light of the current discussion on why
> women don't participate very much on political discussion lists.

>>I was called everything from "bitch" to "whore" and was often addressed
as "sweetie" or "honey" before a launch of expletives. Most attackers took
the position that I was just a cute, dumb college student (even though I
was in my late 20s) in an effort to discredit me and I was most reliably
attacked by a collection of right-wing Web sites and right-wing men who
sent me letters.<<

How does this relate to woman's participation here, PEN-L or LBO-Talk? I
find even the comparison so offensive that I am inclined to shut Marxmail
down. I have a grueling job and other political goals that compete with my
limited time. The notion that woman do not post here because of fear of
being called a "bitch" or a "whore" is a slander, to put it bluntly.
Perhaps Ed George, Steffi and Louise Walker want to set up another Marxism
list on Yahoo that will not run into the problems they have complained
about here. But I will not allow charges that this is some kind of
cyber-version of American Psycho to go unchallenged. I have too much
self-respect.



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