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The article also mentioned her manager suggesting that she play up her feminine side and not let the men think she was smarter than them. That's not being on th
by MartinCron 16y ago
The article also mentioned her manager suggesting that she play up her feminine side and not let the men think she was smarter than them. That's not being on the wrong side of statistics, that's being on the wrong side of a sexist asshole.
- mkramlich 16y agoGood point. But I'd say maybe. Not necessarily. Maybe he thought he was being helpful or practical. None of us was there so context and nuance are lost. Many programmers/engineers/geeks, especially when younger, tend to be defensive about being Smart (tm). For some, it's part of their personal sense of virility as a man. That may be what the manager was thinking about when he said that. But agreed, sexism is bad.