Pinching Women

[Cyrus]

A female friend of mine has read GR and M&D and enjoyed both of them 
immensely. She's a mezzo-soprano with a great sense of humor (sometimes 
too much) and seems to understand the male point of view -- something as 
rare as its opposite.

Cyrus

RuudSaurins at aol.com wrote:

>All the Talk.....
>    ....about top ten this'n'that and mission repossession force-X usw... evidently provoked someone to inquire as to the gender identity of P-Listers, and why (if it indeed the case) there seem to be so few ardent Pynchon enthusiasts among the Y-chromosomally-challenged.  I had often wondered about this; seeing as the e-mail names are so often sexless, as well as the posted commentary being less than fully revealing (as is so often the case with upscale pornography!).
>     So on a Pynchon related theme, what's up with this?  I appear to have inherited a perfectly functional Y-chromosome, as do all of the P-Listers that I have communicated with.  I have never met a woman who admitted to having even read, much less enjoyed, reading Pynchon.  A recent girlfriend tried _The Crying of Lot 49_ but could not get into it; and this girl reads a lot, and enjoys it.  I tried to get her to try _Vineland_, but to no avail.  Did I say "ex-"?
>     So speak up!  Opine!   I think Pynchon's female characters are wonderfully concieved and portrayed, but this is from a decidedly male perspective.  Do women enjoy Pynchon's work as much as men?  If not, why not?  Everyone should be entitled to an opinion on this without provoking too much senseless bickering.
>                                truly,
>                                ruud 
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