[Buddha-l] Re: Diversions, distractions and on-topic discussions

[StormyTet at aol.com]

In a message dated 10/8/2005 7:19:18 P.M. Central Daylight Time,  
jkirk at spro.net writes:

No--This  is an unrecognized issue on this list---male egomania and the 
unconscious  marginalization and ignoring of anything offered by the one 
female  scholar, so far, to have anything to do with this Buddha-L discourse 
for  some time, who sometimes even (schock) offers a rather female point of  
view. Maybe there are other women scholars like me on Buddha-L, but they  are 
not posting. I can surely understand why. A few months ago there was a  woman 
who posted a few times to the list, (I don't know if she's a scholar  or 
not), but she quickly took off.

Think it over, y'all, and please  do not demean yourselves by offering any 
smart-aleck or condescending  replies. If Buddha-L is supposed to be a 
community of practicers and  scholars, then stop isolating and ignoring the 
contributions of the other  gender here.

Best wishes,
Joanna



Hi Joanna,
 
I don't know if you were talking about me in this post, but I haven't taken  
off. I've just gotten really busy and focused on academic stuff that is not  
directly related to Buddha-l. Like, applying for doctoral programs and 
basically  stressing out with my last two semesters of grad school. 
 
I wanted to chime in here as a female and let you know that my silences and  
lack of responses are often because I don't feel I can speak wisely about an  
issue or I realize that I simply do not want to get into a debate. To be 
frank,  I find the verbal 'battles' to be sometimes worthwhile and sometimes  
distracting. 
 
That said, I like this list and your contributions -- often ones that offer  
a link I tend to read and appreciate. I just don't feel qualified to reply all 
 the time. I just wanted you to know...I'm listening quietly.
 
Stormy
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