Hijack THIS!!

[Maggie McNeill]

Originally Posted by Wakeuр

Angel, are you saying that women are biologically incapable of staying on topic in conversations?

Well, not incapable, but let's say it's much harder for us than it is for y'all.

Originally Posted by Eccie Addict

AngelOK... Isn't it just as silly to expect men to always converse in the way women do. I've seen quite a few ladies get bent out of shape over the way men converse.... lol

Yes, it is just as silly. I never expect men to converse like women, and I ask that they don't expect me to restrain myself like a man would. An old (male) friend of mine once said, "Men talk because they have something to say; women talk because they love to hear the sound of their own voices." He was of course trying to pull my chain, but I didn't give him the satisfaction because had to admit that, thought highly exaggerated, the statement is generally true.

[Omahan]

Originally Posted by AngelOK

Th notion of "thread hijacking" is an extremely masculine one, as is the insistence that threads stay "on topic". Women don't converse like that, and insisting that we do has a tendency to stifle the expression of female board members. This isn't a problem unique to ECCIE; it happens on every board with a large number of female posters. Women's conversations are organic and grow in many directions, and male mods (and even some male posters) get bent out of shape over it because they apparently want women to interact in a male "on topic" style, which is both silly and unrealistic.

You may be right. Maybe none of the forums should be co-ed. That way the women could communicate with other women in their female way and the men could communicate with men in their preferred way. I'm all for it!!!

But the sessions should stay Co-Ed!