Sharon,
>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.
I guess I would have lost my bet. Most of the complaints I see about
hostility seem to be about "the boys." From what you are telling me
it seems that the insulating attributes of Internet e-mail (real or
perceived) would allow women to be more agressive than they would
normally be inclined to in a physical situation.
You can see similar types of behavior in automobile traffic. Something
happens to people when they get behind the wheel. The same person
who would politely usher you into the elevator in front of them will
go fully ballistic if they think you've encroached on "their" lane.
Even if there were no safety issue involved.
>I had one fellow(?) rip me up all over the internet as being
>'single-handedly responsible for the demise of feminism and free speach'.
Wow. Gives you a real sense of power, doesn't it?
>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.)
Hmm. Fortunately, most such types don't have enough physical courage
to show up on your doorstep, or stalk you. I have never heard of this
happening, but there was a recent case of a USENET poster posting a
violent rape/pornographic story with a real person named by name as
the victim. I know if I were her, I would be really upset, and worried
that if this guy was thinking such things would he or another guy
be inspired to implement them? This is scary.
I wonder if anyone besides myself would see a value in keeping and
accessing a private list of such individuals. I would be willing to
maintain and disperse this data-base for known list managers. I would
take contributions that would help track these guys and help keep them
from becoming a problem. The point would not be to "blacklist" anyone
but to keep an impartial record for use by list managers, particularly
if they might have to get the authorities involved. Amy, Sharon, Linda,
would you participate?
Regards,
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Alan Deikman, ZNYX Corporation
alan@znyx.com
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