Re: Venus Automorphs Into Great Mathematician, Loses Psyche

Kathryn Aegis (aegis@igc.apc.org)
Tue, 28 Jan 1997 19:43:27 +0000


Joy Williams:
>I have run into a phenomena which distresses me. I have known women who
>are attractive and are very smart, act dumb because that is somehow
>expected.

It's even worse than that--a woman will automatically be treated as
dumber if she is attractive and some of us have learned to use that
in various ways. Sometimes I'll keep quiet for awhile just to enjoy
the shock value of that moment when the boys find out who's actually
running the meeting....

Sin,

Kathryn Aegis