From: jbb@livia.acs.Virginia.EDU (Joseph B. Burch)
Subject: Re: PUBS: Virtual Sexism, Pimentel and Texteira
Date: Tue, 2 Feb 1993 18:00:45 GMT
Message-ID: <1993Feb2.180045.13698@murdoch.acc.Virginia.EDU>
Organization: ITC - University of Virginia


In article <1khh0bINNaql@shelley.u.washington.edu>, byrne@carson.u.washington.edu (Chris Byrne) writes:
|> 
|> And to keep Bob from deleting this message for no sci.v-w content, I
|> think that the phrase 'jacking into" someplace is fairly offensive.
|> Am I the only one who notices other connotations in this phrase?
|> 
|> [MODERATOR'S NOTE:  But Chris, in a virtual world scenario, a woman
|> can also "jack into" a system...and I know that, while not everyone
|> is into role-reversal, that certainly is a possibility here, in the
|> biggest way.  I know that Pat Califia wouldn't mind, and her femi-
|> nist credentials are as strong as anyone's.   Anyway, I didn't erase
|> the posting and always urge participants to use non-sexist or omni-
|> sexist language online and in their work, unless sexual identities
|
> are appropriate. -- Bob Jacobson]
 
Isn't the expression itself totally devoid of intentional sexist content,
being taken from the days of 'phone jacks and plugs when one literally - 
and without apology - jacked into a circuit, or does this make a difference
any more?
 
Joe Burch