A2K Politics Forum/Where are Our Politically Savvy Women?

I think it's better now. I read a lot before I first posted and I remember making a conscious effort to be ambiguous about my gender when posting in politics, I think based on what I observed, though I can't swear to that. Part of what makes online forums so appealing is that you can eliminate that particular prejudice by just not announcing your gender. (Or any prejudice, for that matter.)

Interesting. Did people here treat you differently when they found out you're a woman?

FreeDuck wrote:

I think it's better now. I read a lot before I first posted and I remember making a conscious effort to be ambiguous about my gender when posting in politics, I think based on what I observed, though I can't swear to that. Part of what makes online forums so appealing is that you can eliminate that particular prejudice by just not announcing your gender. (Or any prejudice, for that matter.)

Interesting. Did people here treat you differently when they found out you're a woman?

Nothing like the direct approach.

That question goes very well with your avatar, I must say.

I know you asked FreeDuck, but I had a similar experience on Abuzz. I participated in politics forums as sozobe, and didn't get no respect. Ignored, mostly. I opened a new account (on Abuzz) with the name Regular Joe, or something, and pretended to be a guy. I was just me, but changed pronouns where necessary. Instant change. WAY more respect, way more responses. It was really marked, there.

Does that make sense?

It is never too late too late to notice you're a woman, and remind you that every time you post here is a time you're neglecting your housekeeping duties.

Some might say her dissents are an expression of sour grapes over being in the minority more often than not. But there may be strategic judgment, as well as frustration, behind Justice Ginsburg's new style. She may have concluded that quiet collegiality has proved futile and that her new colleagues, Chief Justice John G. Roberts Jr. and Justice Samuel A. Alito Jr., are not open to persuasion on the issues that matter most to her.

One of the things that I have noticed, is that the Politics Forum is most populated by the menfolk in the crowd. There are a few of us gals who chime in once in awhile, but basically the Politics Forum is a masculine bastion.

Ladies and gentlemen, why do you think that women are so underrepresented in the Political threads? I know that many women have as strong opinions as men in the area of politics. Why aren't more women getting involved in the discussions?

Much of the banter consists of nothing more than mine is bigger than yours debate which, for obvious reasons, women don't find interesting.

Roxxxanne wrote:

Much of the banter consists of nothing more than mine is bigger than yours debate which, for obvious reasons, women don't find interesting.

With the odd exception ...

She's very odd....

You wouldn't know a real woman...

Much of the banter consists of nothing more than mine is bigger than yours debate.