Dueling Topics: Watson's Gender

<h4 style="text-align: center;">“Old woman be damned!” [STUD] </h4> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <a style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;" href= "https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjQkyopNnRqvIriRYoHcpKztswLidqoRHlUC0xaU-I6UKvqwewiyt-3CBTqaa0uJoRT5uB-rfrOnNUjiZmNuzIvB4ihZoNF1THcKfv-kg88iLbs5kWxzSTkYciwkwQt0sHEuPlzM-BO1mzxMdn6bEFZC6r0kdWvjOjPubF4xzP3BF2mNw1ps-FQzKIE/s952/326%20-%20Duel.jpg"> <img src= "https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjQkyopNnRqvIriRYoHcpKztswLidqoRHlUC0xaU-I6UKvqwewiyt-3CBTqaa0uJoRT5uB-rfrOnNUjiZmNuzIvB4ihZoNF1THcKfv-kg88iLbs5kWxzSTkYciwkwQt0sHEuPlzM-BO1mzxMdn6bEFZC6r0kdWvjOjPubF4xzP3BF2mNw1ps-FQzKIE/w640-h348/326%20-%20Duel.jpg" width="640" height="348" border="0" data-original-height="517" data-original-width="952" /></a></div> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">  </div> <div> <div>One of the wonderful things about examining and reexamining the Sherlock Holmes canon is that we can find things that take on special meanings to us. And two different people can interpret the same thing in vastly different ways. </div> <div> </div> <div>Listener Erik Deckers suggested that we find a topic that was interpreted wildly differently by two Sherlockians. So we started out with this doozy of a duel between Rex Stout and Julian Wolff. It's just a Trifle.</div> </div> <div> </div> <div><em>If you have a suggestion for a Trifles episode, let us know at trifles @ ihearofsherlock.com. If you use your idea on the air, we'll send you some Sherlockian goodies.</em></div> <div> </div> <p>Our Patreon supporters can listen to our shows ad-free and every one of them is eligible for our monthly and quarterly drawings for<em> Baker Street Journals</em>. <a href= "https://patreon.com/trifles">Join our community of patrons today</a>.</p> <div> <div> <div> <div style="text-align: center;"> </div> <h3><strong>Links / Notes</strong></h3> <ul> <li>This episode: <a title="ihose.co/trifles293" href= "https://