are you suggesting that all the other women here who have equally strong opinions are wrapping them in cuteness?! WOW!
At 10:37 AM 11/6/2004, Carrol Cox wrote:
>It occurs to me a conversation I had with my orthopedic surgeon a couple
>months ago may throw some light on the response to Yoshie. I mentioned
>to her (my surgeon) that I had a feeling that orthopedic surgery was a
>particularly macho field, and I was curious as to what her experiences
>during her residency had been. (She had gone through her medical
>training before the women's movement had made a difference.) She replied
>that during the first year there was no trouble: she was just regarded
>as cute. But from the second year on, when she had a more senior
>position -- i.e., was giving orders to men -- it got very very sticky.
>
>Yoshie refuses to be cute. And it's unbecoming for women to have strong
>opinions unless they wrap them in cuteness.
>
>Carrol
>
>"Max B. Sawicky" wrote:
> >
> > I'm a Yoshie-groupie too.
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: lbo-talk-bounces at lbo-talk.org
> > [mailto:lbo-talk-bounces at lbo-talk.org]On Behalf Of Charles Brown
> > Sent: Friday, November 05, 2004 7:00 PM
> > To: lbo-talk at lbo-talk.org
> > Subject: [lbo-talk] Vive Yoshie !
> >
> > Yoshie may be the single most mindful person in the streets in the USA
> > today. Her posts to LBO-talk demonstrate extraordinary brilliance.
> >
> > Charles
>
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