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Originally posted by JugglingReferee
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Originally posted by rainmaker
Wow, sorry to push your buttons, Jglar. Some of us struggle constantly with the subject of how gender affects our performance as refs, or how it affects the perception of our performance, depending on the circumstances. If you don't see that as an issue, then you're part of the problem.
btw, "The story and it's PDF friend..." is incorrect grammar -- no apostrophe is necessary in this "its".
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It is often said that one should never say 'never', and never say 'always'. If you believe that someone is part of the problem if they're not part of the solution, then I think you're using the same idealogy as the never/always thought process.
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Jugular -- everyone is part of the problem, and the problem affects everyone, and everyone has a choice to part of the solution. From what you have said here, it's impossible for me to tell what you're choosing. Fine.
Still, an article about gender and perceptions of people based on gender is very relevant to officiating. Gender does affect people's perceptions about our fitness and abilities at this task. You may or may not have found that to be a problem for you. But is it really not a problem for anyone around you? I'm finding that hard to believe.
I said two or three times that I don't know whether I agree with the article or not. It's just interesting. Of course, nothing is true for everyone. I think that's what the article is saying -- that "men" and "women" may have some differences but to apply them to everyone in the group is simplistic.
She does say that women and men have differences in their aggression and in their physical abilities. Why does that have to affect their communication styles, or their abilities and desires to nurture, or their mathematical intelligence, or their spatial perception, or their empathic abilities? I don't understand your point here.
I still don't understand what you mean by the "PDF friend".
[Edited by rainmaker on Oct 30th, 2005 at 11:47 AM]