tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1812431336777691886.post1102684532689440992..comments2024-02-29T03:57:00.088-05:00Comments on The Mermaid's Tale: Many more words are extinct than those we get to readAnne Buchananhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09212151396672651221noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1812431336777691886.post-35086040771641299362016-08-21T12:06:32.214-04:002016-08-21T12:06:32.214-04:00I had an engineer friend at NEC (I'll call her...I had an engineer friend at NEC (I'll call her "Ms. U" for this note.) who wore high heels. All day, every day. This was in ancient times: the mid 1980s Japan, but even then, there were two women engineers in the group I spent two years being a visiting researcher at.) I was a real fan: she could talk nerdy with the boys (it was an AI research group (although all of us were MS, not PHd, level folks), and she knew her stuff) and then talk shopping with the secretarial staff; a true bicultural. (The other woman engineer was apparently mono-cultural; I don't recall her talking shopping and she got a gig as a university professor later on.) Also, Ms. U. was one of the few women I've ever seen who could actually walk without wobbling on her high heels. One day, she came in in flats, and it was instantly clear why she wore heels: she was way too short (even for Japan in the 1980s) and really needed the extra height so she could work with the boys without height being a problem.<br /><br />So, I _claim_ that there's at least one legitimate use for high heels, and that my claim should be given some credence since I was there in the field collecting the relevant data.<br /><br />Whatever, I'm looking forward to your book. I loved your article on Koko the other day, and instantly became a fan. Keep up the good work!<br /><br /><br />David J. Littleboynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1812431336777691886.post-76357607462509470122016-08-17T16:42:40.225-04:002016-08-17T16:42:40.225-04:00Well, I'm in agreement with you thereWell, I'm in agreement with you thereAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1812431336777691886.post-74378295613635536782016-08-16T14:42:09.102-04:002016-08-16T14:42:09.102-04:00No. No. Holly Dunsworthhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05260104967932801186noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1812431336777691886.post-75810731382500669902016-08-16T14:19:52.211-04:002016-08-16T14:19:52.211-04:00are all evolutionary hypotheses "just so stor...are all evolutionary hypotheses "just so stories"? Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1812431336777691886.post-7689050103397104762016-08-16T13:22:12.416-04:002016-08-16T13:22:12.416-04:00Sometimes I forget that many come here to read for...Sometimes I forget that many come here to read for the first time. And if this is one such post, the fact that here at the Mermaid's Tale we have good fun being skeptical of just-so evolutionary tales, is understandably absent from the context. Another sentence goes here to elegantly tie up this comment but I don't know what it is. Holly Dunsworthhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05260104967932801186noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1812431336777691886.post-56714687882920042122016-08-16T13:20:12.877-04:002016-08-16T13:20:12.877-04:00A-ha! My "tone" appears to have stirred ...A-ha! My "tone" appears to have stirred just the ruminations I was hoping to stir. Thank you for commenting!Holly Dunsworthhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05260104967932801186noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1812431336777691886.post-8063153120925395512016-08-16T13:03:00.605-04:002016-08-16T13:03:00.605-04:00I noticed that the overwhelming "tone" o...I noticed that the overwhelming "tone" of your hypothesis generation was in one direction; pretty much making women (appear) weaker. Is it possible that women want to? They like it? that it's not to attract a mate? I can guarantee you that men notice (and are quite often attracted to) women wearing flats... sandals or bare feet are not deal breakers.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com