An afterward to my [7069]: I think the question of why men tend to dominate Internet mailing list discussions is related more to the question of the dominance of men in discussion in other forums (whether at the dinner table, or at faculty meetings, or at political meetings, etc.) than with the question of the appeal of Marxism (and Marxist political economy) to women. To get at why men tend to dominate the discourse in *all* meeting and discussion places where there is patriarchy, I think we'd have to examine gender roles and socialization. It should be noted that _even_ discussion on the marxism-feminism and mat-fem lists tend to be dominated, ironically, by male subscribers. I am, of course, aware that in writing 2 posts on this subject in a short period of time, I am exhibiting typical "male behavior". So, I'll try to do something that men in patriarchal societies generally have a hard time doing ... sitting back and *listening* to others, especially women. In solidarity, Jerry
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