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Every time someone brings up "exclusionary language" or calls a word sexist, I roll my eyes and long for feminists to collectively declare victory and leave the
by gxti 16y ago
Every time someone brings up "exclusionary language" or calls a word sexist, I roll my eyes and long for feminists to collectively declare victory and leave the field so humanity as a whole can move on.
Young women aren't put off by the phrase "founding fathers", not even the tiniest bit. Maybe the root cause of the gender imbalance is biological or maybe it's political, but the one thing I'm certain of is that pieces like this only serve to reinforce perceptions of inequality. Do something positive instead -- get kids involved in engineering and computer science.