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> I think the whole "thinkin' is for wimmin'" thing is really new. Like, in
> the past 2-3 decades. It sure isn't in Conan Doyle with his misogynistic
> super-sleuth. ;)
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> --- On Tue, 2/24/09, Philip Pilkington <pilkingtonphil at gmail.com> wrote:
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> > I hope my approach wasn't seen as offensive..... it
> > seems to put forward the
> > connection between abstract thinking and supposed
> > femininity.... Important
> > connection, if you ask me!
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I was talking about the idea that artists were often considered "effeminate" thinkers and that this could have had an impact on certain terms to designate so-called "queers". This persists today.
"How dare you think in abstract terms, its simply not applicable, you degenerate, you pansy....".