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> Its not a weaselly question or a strawman. Its a fair and valid question. it's not, because it's unclear, and i demonstrated why it's unclear. you refuse to

> Its not a weaselly question or a strawman. Its a fair and valid question. it's not, because it's unclear, and i demonstrated why it's unclear. you refuse to clarify. "important" in what way? the mechanical exercise of job functions? individual qualia? cultural aspects? something else? "to engineering" in what way? the position requirements of a job? the industry economics? the workforce as a body of humans? the state of the art? social climate? this is what i mean - it's not immediately clear what you're asking, so any answer is dismissable. > versus stating other non engineering characteristics what is an "engineering characteristic"? > what is the value of stating they are female when not all females are the same there is no "value" in "stating they are female". it's a statement of fact. so, the question is unclear. you also haven't explained why the notion of "not all females are the same" implies anything about a so-called "value of stating they are female". > nor do they automatically have the same experiences simply because of their sex "experience" isn't a fixed unary number. it's a manifold of many things. it's a trivially true observation that two individuals will have individual experiences of life. this says nothing of overlapping or commonality.

crapolasplatter 10y ago
I clarified, you are just BSing. Sometimes a question is a question. There is no value or purpose added by stating you are female in the title. Clearly all females don’t think alike or have the same experiences. There is nothing wrong with asking why was "Female" added to the title , but not other characteristics such as height,weight,age,color,weight, etc.
- hnbroseph 10y ago
  there is no specific answer to such an open question, beyond minority genders have distinct experiences (like male nurses). you could just as well be asking why engineer was "added to the title" but not other characteristics.

crapolasplatter 10y ago

I clarified, you are just BSing. Sometimes a question is a question. There is no value or purpose added by stating you are female in the title. Clearly all females don’t think alike or have the same experiences. There is nothing wrong with asking why was "Female" added to the title , but not other characteristics such as height,weight,age,color,weight, etc.

hnbroseph 10y ago
there is no specific answer to such an open question, beyond minority genders have distinct experiences (like male nurses). you could just as well be asking why engineer was "added to the title" but not other characteristics.