Oh my god Joe, I just thought of a funny (in my opinion) joke, but I'm not going to disrupt this thread further, so I'll tell Heather (who will then rise from her flu-sickbed and whack me with her box of Kleenex)

I broke off a 25 year relationship with my best male friend over the issue of sexism (and how his behaviour made me feel). How many times in the last 5 years have I wished I could call him for advice. Can't do it though..guess I've seen too many examples of male-female bullying to put my feelings on the back burner.

Have to say though, that if a year is any indication, I've seen far less here than in the "real world". When it happens it's usually by accident. Unless someone is trying very hard to find fault, folkies come off pretty egalitarian compared to society in general.

Rick