Re: women in academia

Tracy Brown (tbrown@ACPUB.DUKE.EDU)
Mon, 13 Jun 1994 16:49:18 -0400

On Sun, 12 Jun 1994, Michael Forstadt wrote:

> >So, Forstadt's ASSERTION that "the current
> >situation of inequality will be COMPLETELY solved in the course of time"
> >should not be simply accepted at face value.
> >Tracy Brown
>
> So, my innocent musings and hypothesizing have been elevated to the level
> of assertion! Then again, I expected to be misrepresented and
> deliberately misunderstood on this issue yet again.
> ______________________________
> Michael S. Forstadt
>
I do apologize to Michael for elevating his "innocent musings and
hypothesizing" to an assertion. It was not, however, deliberate.

I wrote the post because I think it is important to paint a realistic
picture about the place of women in academia: things do seem better, but I
reserve the right to wait and see how things look down the line.
Tracy Brown