Ben Burton <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > people will bully her because she's female. She simply fears that > people will bully her (as they bully others, male or female), and her > claim is that males (by social training or otherwise) are better suited to > such environments than females are.
I think there's something sexist there--not in you, but in her. If there is any truth to the notion that men are better at being bullied, then I think it is only because men get bullied more and have had to learn to deal with it. That's not an excuse for the bullies, but I don't believe there is an constitutional difference. Nobody likes being bullied; perhaps Helen reacts to it in such a way that she needs to avoid any risk of it. But if so, that's because she's Helen, and has nothing to do with the fact that she's a woman. Thomas
