[lit-ideas] Re: Sex Question
- From: David Ritchie <ritchierd@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: lit-ideas@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Thu, 20 Nov 2008 09:55:14 -0800
I have noted a gender or sex difference--I don't see how to untangle
this, given that the subject is a kind of anonymous medium--in my e
mail "inbox." When a group is consulted about an issue that seems
pertinent to the group, either sex will hit "reply all." But in
other instances--and I'm working on a definition of these--men will
reply to the sender only, reasoning that no one wants to be bothered
with too much e-mail, and women will reply to everyone, reasoning
that this is an inclusive or bonding or friendly move.
You'll have guessed that I noticed the pattern because I'm sick of
getting e-mail I don't want or need to read, "Well done, team," that
sort of thing. "Thank you for hosting a fine evening," sent to
everyone so that everyone knows you are a polite kind of person.
Is this a pattern in your lives?
David Ritchie,
Portland, Oregon
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