jfem02: Sorry… I deserved that just as much as you did. (Take that however you want as far as how much blame is deserved either way…) shmuelgold seems to be just smart enough to figure out that feminists are girls but not enough to read my obviously-a-girl post and catch the signals.
And excuse me, but I know of plenty of girls who would do perfectly well in a gemara discussion. We’d start off at a disadvantage because we don’t know what’s flying on a page of gemara (at least I sure don’t), but after an intro, don’t worry TOO much about us. (Actually, I have no idea if I’d be good at gemara- if math knowledge is important I probably wouldn’t be, though my brother’s great at it and about like me in math- but don’t jump to conclusions, wise guy.)