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> Mike Lesk is interesting on this. He said to me that if you assume people
> are idiots they learn to behave to your expectations and if you treat them
> with the respect they deserve they grow.
>

This is well-known in the fields of management and teaching.


> There's no 'just' in women's work. As the Chinese maoist poster said:
> "women hold up half the sky"
>

I never said women, I said secretaries.  Deliberately so.