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emasculated?
by cimmanom 8y ago
emasculated?
- dekhn 8y agoit had its balls cut off. What made it edgy and fun was removed as it was promoted to normal people who just wanted to read movie listings, or whatever.
- cimmanom 8y agoWell, I sort of agree with that, and I was with you until you used the term. But I don’t see anything less masculine about the internet now than as it was in 1993. Perhaps “sanitized” would be more applicable?
- dekhn 8y agosure, I agree the term definitely has a masculinity implication. but, I actually think the term is roughly correct given that at the time, the net was 95% male while now it's much closer to 50-50. Sanitized is also appropriate.
- cimmanom 8y agoThe way you put it seems to suggest you're disappointed it isn't still male-dominated. As one of the women who was online back then, I didn't perceive it as "masculine", fwiw.
- dekhn 8y agoUnderstood. And I MUDded with some women. Am I disappointed that the net is less masculine? Not particularly. I certainly felt more welcome, and more comfortable with the net before when it was a more masculine environment, and in some sense I miss that. But I'm not the deciding user, and as a parent with kids... my feelings are complicated.
- robertrobot 8y agoI think the poster replying to your comment has validated your point unintentionally.
- dekhn 8y agoand i don't think there's anything wrong with that.