Re: [microsound] The women of microsound

[Jeremy Tolsma <ccws@xxxxxxxx>]

> > It could also be
> > that microsound is a sex-centric activity with no value whatsoever, like
men
> > watching football and guzzling beer or women gossiping about soap operas
and
> > popping valiums.  Neither of those activities are something the other
sex
> > would be wise to emulate.
>
> neither of those activities are something _anyone_ would be wise to
emulate.
>

right, isnt that what i said?  perhaps microsound is as much of a waste of
time as those two activities.

> as for your question...  what is sex-centric in microsound?  nothing.
> i'm partisan of the cultural programming theory myself, & i would
> suspect most of us (at least the younger ones, as i am) were essentially
> raised with computers & now internet like girls are raised with dolls.
> how many times have i stumbled upon a woman excusing herself saying "i
> don't understand anything about computers" as if that were a terribly
> mystical topic for a woman to discuss.  & microsound doesn't make very
> much sense outside of the computer paradigm, especially if it is talked
> of in obscure mailing lists such as this one, which you obviously need
> some knowledge of internet (thus computers) beyond "how do i get to my
> hotmail account" to even find out about.  fortunately, i don't think
> this distinction will be valid for much longer, considering internet
> access is spreading extremely fast & computers are no longer boy hobbies.
>

I disagree, supposedly internet use slowed down because 'mainstream' users
don't like hanging out in chat rooms, email lists, etc.  They got bored, the
novelty wore off.  Even investors abandoned ship.  The internet is being
handed back to the geeks.