From: Spike Jones (spike66@ibm.net)
Date: Sat Jun 12 1999 - 19:13:27 MDT
> O'Regan, Emlyn wrote: in a purely text-based
> relationship, how is physical gender really relevant? In fact, how many of
> the components of your identity really have relevance in such a context?
Two excellent questions, Emlyn. I have been pondering these:
Do men talk differently to men than to women? Assuming none are
hoping for a sexual encounter, such as a conversation taking place
at work, why would you choose different words and phrases when
talking to different genders? How does it work when talking to one
of homo-orientation? Why should it matter in a nonsexual context?
Or is there such a thing as a completely nonsexual context?
I know that conversations between two women is much different
that conversations between two men. I have always assumed it
is because we evolved as hunter/gatherers. The women eased
the boredom of gathering by talking and sharing, the men had to
shut up to keep from alerting the game. So. A million years later,
the ladies communicate and the men silently watch sports. {8^D spike
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