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> I can see where your lists would have problems in this area. You are
> dealing with sexual topics, and all the maggots will crawl out from their
> respective rocks to have their say, to be noticed for once in their lives, particularly by the opposite sex. I'll bet even odds that 99.9% of
> your offenders are males, who have problems with women, right? And most
> of the other .1% are still males using a female e-mail moniker.
Yup, some are men. And there is a problem with men using women's email.
But I've found some women to be particularly hostile and vulgar - toward
women! - as well. And women who masquerade as men get themselves into hot
water also. Administrate an email list - and you'll meet them all.
BTW, I have seen some amazingly harsh exchanges on very 'professional' lists.
You're on target that there's lot of 'sexual attention' nonsense out
there, but I've run into more than a few who have a real problem with
anyone they feel is an 'authority figure.'
I had one fellow(?) rip me up all over the internet as being
'single-handedly responsible for the demise of feminism and free speach'.
Ah, yeah, sure. He just 'arrived' on the list - I don't think he'd ever
seen a message from me since I rarely get into the discussions. Just
decided to hang me up for being in charge, I suspect.
Tracking this fellow determined that he 'arrived' by email to pounce on
people routinely. (Turns out those who knew him personaly said he was a
very quite, very low-life sort offline. Got his kicks by online attacks.)
-Sharon
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