Word: gunther
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...Gunther is correct that some women artists get attention because they are women, maybe it is because women' experiences are very different from those of men. Thus their art reflects a unique and interesting perception of the world. Furthermore, few self-respecting artists of either gender seek or appreciate the kind of patronizing attention that Gunther thinks is so pervasive...
...would like to aks what fields Gunther has in mind when he says that "in many fields it is three times as easy for a woman to get a job than for a man." Can affirmative action be dismissed in so facile a manner...
There is a huge disparity between the number of women one would expect to hold lucrative and interesting jobs on the basis of the proportion of women in the work force, and the number that actually hold such positions. This disparity might encourage Gunther and others like him to consider the multitude of factors--both subtle and obvious--that discourage women from aspiring towards lofty goals. That those few women who overcome these factors are given some advantage over equally well-qualified men in some fields can only be just...
...Gunther complains that women are taking jobs, not because they are "interested" in them, but because they expect "better chances...and better salaries than their competition, mostly being male." Why, I would ask, have women traditionally been "interested" in teaching in elementary school and not in universities...
...Gunther concludes that "we are all of the same stuff, and we should try like hell not to hurt each other." In order not to hurt each other we have to understand each other. While in some ways we may be "of the same stuff," we must strive to remember that our experiences and struggles differ...