To the Editor:
Re “Why I’m Sick of Manologues,” by Julia Baird (Op-Ed, April 21), arguing that being long-winded is a masculine tendency:
Substitute any other group for “men” and this article would rightly be viewed as demeaning. Let’s stop making negative generalizations about any group. A relentless drumbeat of mocking stereotypes and criticism is damaging for boys and men to absorb, just as it is for anyone else.
MICHAEL RADKOWSKY
Washington
The writer is a psychologist.
Note from KBJ: Poor Michael Radkowsky! He doesn't realize that it's always permissible to mock and insult heterosexuals, males, white people, Christians, and the able-bodied. For every protected class, there is a despised class.
