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[tavie]

Rich, you surely know Lisa is not assuming you are prejudiced against women because you disagree with her.  You've disagreed with her throughout this thread already for weeks without her saying this.  It was your language in that specific post that she flagged.  I read it in the same way, which is why I picked you up on point 8 after planning not to post in this thread again.

Language matters.  It can be infantilizing.  Ask yourself if you would have said "Rene's a wonderful man but [insert reasons he's wrong while also assuming Rene wouldn't know something extremely relevant to his profession]." You've disagreed with Rene a lot here but haven't used such expressions so far that I've noticed. 

• If you think you wouldn't ever have used that kind of language about Rene, good to reflect on why.
  
• If you think you would have used that kind of language about Rene, then reflect on how professional women have been infantilized and had their opinions and credibility belittled for decades through phrases like that, and that even if you didn't it mean it that way, it's best to avoid inadvertently contributing to this narrative with such phrases.