On Sat, 30 Apr 2005, Hans-Christoph Steiner wrote:
On Apr 30, 2005, at 6:39 PM, Thomas Grill wrote:
Am 30.04.2005 um 22:58 schrieb Anton Woldhek: May indeed be true, but i try to repress the sad possibility. I idealistically hope the PD community might somehow reflect the real world.
Well, I can only speak for American usage, but when you address a large group of people as "guys", it is generally assumed to be gender-neutral. Women will often it use it that way also.
one word: paranoia.
i mean like this:
http://lists.puredata.info/pipermail/pd-list/2003-11/015726.html http://lists.puredata.info/pipermail/pd-list/2003-11/015729.html
and here's a semi-related bonus pic:
http://tornandfrayed.typepad.com/photos/uncategorized/barbiemath.gif
BTW, I'd bet that among the people who are reading us right now, there is a bigger % of women than the % of male undergrads of most psychology departments.
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