This is a multi-part message in MIME format. ---------------------- multipart/alternative attachment I don't agree with Roger, we're not all equal-at least not in innate = ability, and there are gender differences (thankfully). David Love davidlovepianos@comcast.net=20 David, you make it sound as if the differences in innate ability are due = to gender differences. Innate ability has nothing to do with gender. I = agree with Jeanne that women are intimidated not to try as children = because the assumptions society forces on them makes it so difficult to = succeed. There are just as many women as men out there that can be a = complete technician. There are some physical differences such as upper = body strength and average size but they have nothing to do with whether = or not a person can figure out the adjustments on a piano action or = voice a hammer. My mother was 17 when she entered UC Berkeley and = graduated in three years, Phi Beta Kappa, a 3.95 grade average. She = wanted to be an engineer but that was not allowed in 1939. My Aunt Carol = was the first woman to be admitted to the med school she went to and = became a physician in 1952. I have heard complaints of the difficulty to = get an education as a piano technician, particularly for women. I assume = this to be because it is a male dominated mentor sort of education = system that makes assumptions about the innate ability of women and what = they can or cannot do. Hey, get me a cup of coffee. Keith Roberts kpiano@goldrush.com=20 ---------------------- multipart/alternative attachment An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: https://www.moypiano.com/ptg/caut.php/attachments/23/28/d6/3e/attachment.htm ---------------------- multipart/alternative attachment--
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