Comments on: A Tempest in a Tea Pot http://www.imaginaryskies.net/2009/12/tempest-teapot/ Sun, 29 Aug 2010 08:12:03 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 By: Carina http://www.imaginaryskies.net/2009/12/tempest-teapot/#comment-25 Carina Sat, 26 Dec 2009 18:21:29 +0000 http://www.imaginaryskies.net/?p=215#comment-25 Because it works? That's the most unfortunate implication IMHO. The pseudonym made such a huge difference, in everything; pay, attention and respect - and that's the most unsettling thing. :/ Like she wrote, as a father with two kids she got "Oh, he's such a great organizer and such a great father" while as mother with two kids it was "Erh, I wonder if she'll manage that..." Because it works?

That’s the most unfortunate implication IMHO. The pseudonym made such a huge difference, in everything; pay, attention and respect – and that’s the most unsettling thing. :/

Like she wrote, as a father with two kids she got “Oh, he’s such a great organizer and such a great father” while as mother with two kids it was “Erh, I wonder if she’ll manage that…”

]]> By: Kaotix http://www.imaginaryskies.net/2009/12/tempest-teapot/#comment-22 Kaotix Wed, 23 Dec 2009 01:47:06 +0000 http://www.imaginaryskies.net/?p=215#comment-22 Personally the only thing I would be upset about would be I would feel as if I was being lied to about a person's identity. Do I understand why she did it? Yes. Was it justified? Yes, but still. I personally don't care whether a writer is male or female. I look at the content, not the author's gender or race or what have you. I, however, don't like being led to believe one thing and then being told it was all a lie. it's happened to me before in the anonymous environment that is the internet. It tends to tick me off. Plus the aesop that women have to pretend to be men in order to get ahead has some unfortunate implications for both sexes. Personally the only thing I would be upset about would be I would feel as if I was being lied to about a person’s identity. Do I understand why she did it? Yes. Was it justified? Yes, but still.

I personally don’t care whether a writer is male or female. I look at the content, not the author’s gender or race or what have you.

I, however, don’t like being led to believe one thing and then being told it was all a lie. it’s happened to me before in the anonymous environment that is the internet. It tends to tick me off.

Plus the aesop that women have to pretend to be men in order to get ahead has some unfortunate implications for both sexes.

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