>
> 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.
>
I think that net-wide, most are 'boys.' They will show up all sorts of places
they aren't welcome with their attitude. But women will get nasty with a
group that they already know. (Keep in mind this is anecdotal! I havent'
done a study on this - yet.)
>
> 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.
Actually, I have had to call the authorities. Someone who was thoroughly
hostile on the net did make a local population of women nervous.
As you mentioned, he wasn't probably physically dangerous in person, but
he had such an aggresive, sexually hostile email manner, that those he
had contacted personally on my list did request police protection. I did
call for them.
>
> 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?
>
Yes. I would be real, real cautious about it. But there have been a
couple of totally hostile types that it would be good to know about if
they are giving lists trouble. Perhaps it might be a 'low-profile' way to
deal with these people. It might be less problem (but indeed more effective)
to send a message like 'gee, we see you give lists trouble routinely'
than calling out the cops. I think these sorts do what they do because they
are sure there is no one 'net-watching' them.
-Sharon
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