The future of the list -- nanny time?

[Doug Millison]

A couple of comments below.

At 1:18 PM 7/24/97, ckaratnytsky wrote:
>Nor, regarding Doug's
>     comments, have I have ever found the list to be hostile to women.  I'm
>     sorry to all who feel this way, but I would ask you to reexamine your
>     perceptions and experiences here honestly.

Doug:
I was responding to Vaska's comment, and meant my statement to be taken as
a hypothetical, "if women perceive the list environment as hostile for
gender reasons, then that's something to be addressed and discussed..."
What I personally want to do is to try to make my comments contribute to an
environment where everybody feels comfortable to express and debate ideas
about Pynchon's writings.

Chris:
>     This is not to say that I *don't* have feelings of inferiority.  I do,
>     but they are based in feelings of *intellectual* inferiority in the
>     presence of my betters.  (You are among them, btw, Vaska.)  Andrew's
>     recollection of the good old bad old days when people were afraid to
>     post is also accurate:  This was true in my case, and I would make
>     bold to suggest that this is what may be stopping others.

Doug:
I've felt intimidated in the same way, which is probably why I've limited
my posts in MDMD to commenting on observations made by others, adding
references to other works that might add depth, etc. I have yet to attempt
the sort of literary criticism posts that others grace us with.

Chris:
>     Regarding gender relations, I'd venture the generalization that most
>     of the men here are women at heart.  A notion which I hope they
>     recognize for the compliment it is.

Doug:
I do take that as a compliment and hope to be worthy of such. I've worked
hard ever since I got away from Louisiana and Texas as a teenager to grow
out of some of the attitudes I absorbed.

Thanks again for your thoughtful post,
Doug


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