knifemissle -
You make many good, clarifying points that I had wished to make before I was blinded by indignance and frustration. What indignance and frustration, you ask? The kind that comes with (1) being confused with (or assumed to be) a man for no good reason, and 2) being the target of a gratuitous use of italics and underlining...
[bad cow] took the low road [/bad cow]
...and just so you can't tell me I evaded the issue:
Oops! I must not have conducted a very precise experiment.
EDIT: While I'm at it, there's more insight into my reaction (if you're interested) in
this thread.