It's probably better to avoid arguments of tone online, even if it's a tone you want to avoid yourself, because it's way too easy to misinterpret without tonal inflection, or other bits of non-verbal body language. You may have misinterpreted the tone you're trying to criticize, or they may have misinterpreted what you're trying to say.
On the other hand, as it's just been demonstrated, just because men are offended by what a woman is saying doesn't mean that other women aren't offended as well.
From, Emily
On Sun, Aug 26, 2012 at 4:27 PM, Laura Hale laura@fanhistory.com wrote:
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On 26/08/2012, at 10:18 PM, Courtney Thurston thurscon@gmail.com wrote:
I'm with ChaoticFluffy. This thread makes me want to slap one of those "This insults women" stickers on other *women*.
I would personally be less bothered if it was women criticising women critically and harshly, but when it looks like man after man criticising women and no other female voices in the conversation, that bothers me because of the historical overtones regarding male voices in women's conversations.
Sincerely, Laura Hale
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