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I am slightly confused. So what happened?

by vvpan 11y ago

harlanlewis 11y ago
People assumed the billboard used a stock photo, rather than a picture of an actual engineer, because she didn't conform to the physical expectations of an engineer. See the picture of the facebook comment thread in the article. It turns out a lot of engineers don't conform to the physical expectations of an engineer. A lot of them are posting to Twitter under the hashtag #ilooklikeanengineer - https://twitter.com/hashtag/ilooklikeanengineer https://twitter.com/hashtag/ilooklikeanengineer Conference organizers should probably keep things like this in mind when booking male-dominated lineups ("we just can't find any woman engineers" is a common refrain).
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- vvpan 11y ago
  Ah thanks. From the text I inferred she is transgender or something.
ljk 11y ago
same here, not sure what the big deal is after skimming through it
- fredophile 11y ago
  The big deal is that people are judging her capabilities based on her looks. There are also people who are behaving inappropriately towards her in professional settings as a result of her looks (it isn't clear to me that this is a result of the ad). She gives two very clear examples of this unprofessional behavior. Given the limited information I could see the first being a poor attempt at a joke. However, it made her uncomfortable so it definitely wasn't appropriate. The second example is the kind of thing that can get companies sued and employees fired.
  - ljk 11y ago
    Definitely thought the two examples of unprofessional behavior unacceptable, but those happen to people of all professions. It's good that these behaviors are getting called out but it seems like people are unnecessarily harsh on the cs field on these issues(almost feels like it's a trend to complain everything about this field, maybe that's what happens when it gets popular)
    - fredophile 11y ago
      Just because there is also unacceptable behavior in other professions doesn't mean we should ignore it in ours. Change needs to start somewhere and creating awareness of the issue helps to encourage change. Hopefully more people in all professions will speak out against this sort of behavior.
      - ljk 11y ago
        Agree that we shouldn't ignore it, just feels like cs is made the scapegoat sometimes

I am slightly confused. So what happened?

by vvpan 11y ago

I am slightly confused. So what happened?

People assumed the billboard used a stock photo, rather than a picture of an actual engineer, because she didn't conform to the physical expectations of an engineer. See the picture of the facebook comment thread in the article. It turns out a lot of engineers don't conform to the physical expectations of an engineer. A lot of them are posting to Twitter under the hashtag #ilooklikeanengineer - https://twitter.com/hashtag/ilooklikeanengineer https://twitter.com/hashtag/ilooklikeanengineer Conference organizers should probably keep things like this in mind when booking male-dominated lineups ("we just can't find any woman engineers" is a common refrain).

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vvpan 11y ago
Ah thanks. From the text I inferred she is transgender or something.

ljk 11y ago

same here, not sure what the big deal is after skimming through it

fredophile 11y ago
The big deal is that people are judging her capabilities based on her looks. There are also people who are behaving inappropriately towards her in professional settings as a result of her looks (it isn't clear to me that this is a result of the ad). She gives two very clear examples of this unprofessional behavior. Given the limited information I could see the first being a poor attempt at a joke. However, it made her uncomfortable so it definitely wasn't appropriate. The second example is the kind of thing that can get companies sued and employees fired.
- ljk 11y ago
  Definitely thought the two examples of unprofessional behavior unacceptable, but those happen to people of all professions. It's good that these behaviors are getting called out but it seems like people are unnecessarily harsh on the cs field on these issues(almost feels like it's a trend to complain everything about this field, maybe that's what happens when it gets popular)
  - fredophile 11y ago
    Just because there is also unacceptable behavior in other professions doesn't mean we should ignore it in ours. Change needs to start somewhere and creating awareness of the issue helps to encourage change. Hopefully more people in all professions will speak out against this sort of behavior.
    - ljk 11y ago
      Agree that we shouldn't ignore it, just feels like cs is made the scapegoat sometimes