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What about online communication? Can one determine another person's gender just by reading their written words? Susan Herring thinks so. In a 1994 talk at a panel called "Making the Net*work*, she said that men and women have recognizably different styles on the Internet. Her research showed that on Internet discussion boards, men tended to be more assertive than women. Women, in contrast, tended to hedge(be unsure),apologize, and ask questions. Men also appeared to enjoy, or at least tolerate, "flaming"(insulting others online), whereas women disliked and avoided it.