[clug] Being polite on the list - or: Geek Feminism 101

[David Tulloh]

Jack Kelly wrote:
> On Wed, Jul 22, 2009 at 12:56 AM, David Tulloh<david at tulloh.id.au> wrote:
>   
>> Eyal Lebedinsky wrote:
>>     
>>> n.b. What is the 'male' equivalent of 'feminism'? menimism? minism?
>>>       
>> chauvinism
>>     
> I'm offended by that*. Saying "offence is in the eye of the beholder"
> isn't logically sound, because it permits people getting offended by
> "hello". If I walk up to you, let fly with a barrage of insults, then
> I shouldn't be surprised when you're offended. Alternatively, if I use
> language and tone that has not appeared to cause offence in previous
> discussions, I have a much better chance of a: not offending people,
> and b: being taken seriously.
>   
This, ladies and gentlemen, is why I shouldn't send emails late when tired.

For some reason I read the original post as, "What is the opposite of 
feminism?"... or some equivalent.  Which leads you off on all sorts of 
wonderful different paths depending on what you opposite.


David