Re: Men vs Women on Conlang

----- Original Message -----
From: "Jan van Steenbergen" <ijzeren_jan@...>


> I never implied a posteriori conlanging is more "masculine" than a priori
> conlanging, nor did I say that a priori conlanging is female business. All
I
> noticed is that in the field of a posteriori conlanging women are
> underrepresented even more.
I understand; I was speaking somewhat jocularly, Jan.  It's just that the
observation seemed so arbitrary.  We might as well ask why there aren't more
women creating logical languages or International Auxilliary languages.  Or
trigger languages, or what have you.  But whenever anyone observes that
women aren't engaged in this or that activity, it inspires questions in the
reader as to what it is about said activity that doesn't attract women.
Hence my "masculine" "feminine" designations. :)  We've heard this all
before in arguments outside this group about science and math.  But I raised
the subject, so I'll take the heat!  (years ago we had a debate as to the
high number of gay men on the list.  I don't think these questions are
easily answered.  Why are some people drawn to linguistics and languages and
others not?)

Yry eftoihs (mes apologies)

> > Only recently have women wanted to go on-line and talk about their
fantasy
> > inventions to mostly men.  Mau, Camilla, Heather, Nicole, Mia, Irina, go
for
> > it.  Times are a-changin'.
>
> Silvia Sotomayor, Amanda Babcock, Keolah, the other Nicole...
Yes, of course!  Any others?

Sally Caves
scaves@frontiernet.net
Eskkoat ol ai sendran, rohsan nuehra celyil takrem bomai nakuo.
"My shadow follows me, putting strange, new roses into the world."

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