"I'd be very interested in what you have to say. But please, don't point me to your lengthy essay, or to private letters, or to a closed forum"
What kind of "Don't confuse me with the facts"??? Obviously you're not TOO interested, or just enough to weigh in with your own unsubstantiated opinsions on a subject you know less about than others!
Why so few women editors at magazine and publishing houses? People are willingfully averting their gaze from the wider picture, aside from not only ignoring those who might know better, but insulting them by making clear how little interested they are in actually taking more time to find out, more than the minute or two it takes to deliver an opinion and insult someone.
By the way, in a lot of online forums, I've had other women writers say that once the invalidation and insults start, eventually they just leave, not wanting to waste any more time, thus leaving the guys to spare among themselves. This must prove that what? They are less interested in the subject? That they are less brave or aggressive? Or perhaps they begin to feel their valuable time is better spent elsewhere (despite all the friendly voices here!)
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