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Subject:Re: Gender Differences in Cyberspace From:Audrey Anglemyer <audreya -at- CLARK -dot- EDU> Date:Fri, 17 Nov 1995 15:36:16 -0800
On Fri, 17 Nov 1995, Pat Madea wrote:
> Techwriters...
> Try this little experiment on a daily basis: Read magazine and
> newspaper articles, even eMail messages and posts, without looking at
> the byline. When you're done, determine the gender of the writer
> based on what you read. Then read the by-line. (Hopefully, the
> writer has a gender specific name!)
And so, fellow techwrlers, to which gender can we attribute this?
