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It reinforces the idea of the IT industry as a place for men, and the male gaze[0], as well as injecting sexuality into an entirely asexual domain for no reason
by thenewwazoo 9y ago
It reinforces the idea of the IT industry as a place for men, and the male gaze[0], as well as injecting sexuality into an entirely asexual domain for no reason. If we want computing to be inclusive, and I personally do, then we should make representations of computing inclusive.
That is diametrically opposed from being "anti" anything.
[0] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Male_gaze https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Male_gaze
- efnx 9y agoI still don’t get it - there are pictures of men and women in that screenshot.
- robin_reala 9y agoMaybe if you count the demon as male, or the tiny silhouette in the bottom right.
- BEEdwards 9y agoThere are not. Only women, unless you're looking at a different screenshot.
- efnx 9y agoI thought the two on the left were women and the one on the right was a hair band rocker (man). I think if anything this is confirming your individual biases about what men and women should look like, which is part of the problem with our tech community. Even if I'm wrong about the rocker (likely), the problem isn't the picture - it's all of us.