thread: 2006-04-10 : A problem for feminists/pro-feminists
On 2006-04-11, anon. wrote:
Vincent,
I'm not sure I have an answer for you (I realize you already got your answer already anyway). But after coming to the end of the discussion, this is what I'm left with:
I think it's very contextual and I can't decipher whether you should or should not treat Mitch and Mary differently from each other. It largely depends on what "Because I like my roleplaying fine the way it is." means.
It could mean:
"I think exploration beyond what I do is stupid",
but it could also mean:
"What you are doing is vastly uncomfortable to me, and I don't know if I can find a place to coexist happily with it."
If either one is saying the former and the other is saying the latter, then you want to treat the second one differently, because without addressing that "Why" you're missing an opportunity to make your work broader, to learn more and do more and push the boundaries more. I think that could be as true of Mitch as it is of Mary, especially if Mitch had other reasons to feel alienated by the body of work you were pursuing that had to do with accessibility rather than inertia.
This makes Mo go "Won't let me post again...."
That was me. I jump too fast to the content of my message, Every. Single. Time.
This makes VB go "I think I fixed it."
Here and at Fair Game. Let me know.
