Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!rpi!usc!orion.oac.uci.edu!ucivax!gateway From: rivero@dev8a.mdcbbs.com Newsgroups: soc.feminism Subject: Re: Communication and Anger Message-ID: <1991May8.100146.1@dev8a.mdcbbs.com> Date: 8 May 91 19:40:55 GMT References: <1991May5.184723.29313@agate.berkeley.edu> Organization: McDonnell Douglas M&E, Cypress CA Lines: 18 Approved: tittle@ics.uci.edu Nntp-Posting-Host: zola.ics.uci.edu In article <1991May5.184723.29313@agate.berkeley.edu>, pedersen@cartan.berkeley.edu (Sharon L. Pedersen) writes: > > I had just read Joan's article asking for > Many of us reading soc.feminism are familiar with the "Oh isn't she > cute when she's angry" response. Or, the "This person is angry, > therefore their arguments are not valid" response. It's infuriating, > and unjustified to dismiss someone's ideas because that person has > reason to feel strongly about them. I think you'll find that any individual who dismisses a womans feelings/opinions simply because she expresses her anger is just as likely to dismiss a mans feelings/opinions when he expresses his anger. The language used may be different, and the historical tendancy for men to suppress their feelings hides the male side of the problem, but the issue is one of general insensativity, not male-dismissing-female. Mike