Gender Matters

[Peter Giordano]

He said:
[...]
>Can folks here be a tad more respectful of feminist positions?  (In other
>words, if you've got problems with them, address them intellectually and
>not simply by sneering at them and their proponent(s).)  I'd expect people
>who read Pynchon 1) to at least care about gender issues and 2) to keep
>cool when reading attempts to address them.
>
>Once again I'm hearing a little buzz about people wanting to drop off.
>What kind of a list if this if feminists points of view can't even be
>advanced without triggering immediate and ongoing opprobrium?
I say:
The problem is that  internet discourse does not require accountability -
In other words, there are yahoos out there who will very gladly post
insults they would never utter in a face to face situation

Peter Giordano
Williams College
Williamstown, MA