<html><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html charset=us-ascii"></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space;">Begin forwarded message:<br><div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"><blockquote type="cite"><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px;"><span style="font-family:'Helvetica'; color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 1.0);"><b>From: </b></span><span style="font-family:'Helvetica';">Donna Doyle <<a href="mailto:donnadoyle@att.net">donnadoyle@att.net</a>><br></span></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px;"><span style="font-family:'Helvetica'; color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 1.0);"><b>Subject: </b></span><span style="font-family:'Helvetica';"><b>Re: So All Men Are Guilty And Responsible For The Reality Of History?</b><br></span></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px;"><span style="font-family:'Helvetica'; color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 1.0);"><b>Date: </b></span><span style="font-family:'Helvetica';">May 1, 2014 at 5:45:37 AM EDT<br></span></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px;"><span style="font-family:'Helvetica'; color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 1.0);"><b>To: ___________________________</b></span><span style="font-family:'Helvetica';"><br></span></div><br><div><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html charset=us-ascii"><div style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space;">Dear ______________,<div><br></div><div>No, I did not say that "all men are guilty."<br><div><br></div><div>Here are a few facts about me:</div><div><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>My father died when I was 12.</div><div><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>At 20, I left my oppressive, jealous mother, who did almost everything she could to stifle me,</div><div><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>wanting little more for me than to be married and pregnant (not necessarily in that order).</div><div><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>("I want to enjoy my grandchildren while I'm still young.")</div><div><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>I worked my way through my BM and MM as a waitress and free-lance musician.</div><div><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>I lived in a small studio apt and rode a bicycle around Manhattan, because I couldn't afford to take </div><div><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>the subway, for 15 years.</div><div><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>I was seriously sexually harassed by a dept chair at my previous college. The dean feared I would sue.</div><div><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>After learning that women who win discrimination lawsuits are blacklisted as troublemakers, I left quietly.</div><div><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>I have not yet finished my PhD (after 15 yrs) because I've had to work as an adjunct/free-lancer ever since.</div><div><br></div><div>When I write my autobiography (as others have urged) perhaps you'll understand my position. I happen to like men </div><div>alot and actually, for whatever reasons, prefer male company to female. Just the way it is (my mother, perhaps : ) ). </div><div>Men who know me know this. It's unfortunate that you've laid so many assumptions on me. I, like Magic Johnson, </div><div>have a right to express outrage.</div><div><br></div><div>It's unfortunate that you had it rough, too. Life is not fair. All we can do is forge forward from wherever</div><div>we are. Never give up on yourself.</div><div><br></div><div>Donna Doyle</div><div><br></div></div></div></div></blockquote><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: separate; font-family: 'Book Antiqua'; border-spacing: 0px;"><div style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space;"><br>Adjunct Assistant Professor</div><div style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space;">Aaron Copland School of Music<br>Queens College<br>65-30 Kissena Blvd.<br>Flushing, NY 11367<br> <br>tele: 718-997-3819<br>fax: 718-997-3849<br>email: <a href="mailto:donna.doyle@qc.cuny.edu">donna.doyle@qc.cuny.edu</a><br>email: <a href="mailto:donnadoyle@att.net">donnadoyle@att.net</a></div><div><br></div></span></div></div><br></body></html>