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> It has nothing to do with them being so strong and manly that they can stand up to the bullies and pursue computer science anyway! The way bullying works wit
by sheepmullet 11y ago
> It has nothing to do with them being so strong and manly that they can stand up to the bullies and pursue computer science anyway!
The way bullying works with boys and girls is very different. A boys greatest wish when bullied is to be left alone by the bullies. A girls greatest wish is to avoid being excluded. In general anyway.
As long as I have enough good friends, I don't really care what anyone else thinks of me. My wife on the other hand would be incredibly distressed to find out 80% of her colleagues etc disliked her.
- jkyle 11y ago> As long as I have enough good friends, I don't really care what anyone else thinks of me. That's the definition of desiring inclusion. If all of those friends that accepted you were marketing majors and not computer scientists the odds you'd pursue computer science goes way down. Particularly if the computer scientists were the bullies. The point of the article is the computer (and in her case physics/science) culture was hostile to women, not inclusive.