Date: Tue, 4 Nov 2003 22:01:52 EST Subject: wise cracks and gender stereotypes In a message dated 11/4/2003 11:34:05 AM Eastern Standard Time, R.Chandler-AT-ucc.ac.uk writes: > when Z does crack his whip later in the text, it is > again a feminine voice > It was only a wisecrack (of the whippet). Earlier in the dialogue, however, Z intones: Let man fear woman when she hateth: for man in his innermost soul is merely evil; woman, however, is mean. This seems to carry some unsubstantiated gender-stereotypical weight, though. When men fight in a (physical, intellectual, or emotional) brawl, they seem to want to "clobber" their opponents; women in a brawl, however, seem to want their opponents to suffer. Eric --- StripMime Warning -- MIME attachments removed --- This message may have contained attachments which were removed. Sorry, we do not allow attachments on this list. --- StripMime Report -- processed MIME parts --- multipart/alternative text/plain (text body -- kept) text/html --- --- from list nietzsche-AT-lists.village.virginia.edu ---
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