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Readers will notice that there are many situations for which I made no recommendations. For example, I had no advice for the woman who told me about dining with a group of men after a conference who then began telling jokes that were specifically degrading of women. I also have found myself with nothing to say when a brilliant female graduate student says she avoids a certain research area because of the specific men at the university involved in it. Unfortunately, there is a substantial class of behavior which is both offensive and non-actionable.



Ellen Spertus
Sat Jan 28 18:40:31 EST 1995