On 28 Aug 2007 at 03:35:33 -0400, "David Goodman" dgoodmanny@gmail.com wrote:
The women i know in my part of the professional world can defend themselves verbally and otherwise quite as well as the men, and have at least equal sense in knowing what they are likely to get themselves in for. I suspect this hold true for politics and business and reporting and other professions generally.
Yes... the original posting you are replying to seemed rather sexist in its implication that women were inherently weak and defenseless and needed special protection from attackers that wouldn't be needed if we were an all-male club.