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It's a bit girly for most of the lady engineers I see around. But, then, it's Barbie. The definition of girly. I'm glad it's at least there tho.
by p_nathan 16y ago
It's a bit girly for most of the lady engineers I see around. But, then, it's Barbie. The definition of girly.
I'm glad it's at least there tho.
- martin_k 16y agoThere is a nice Ignite talk by a female Google engineer at http://igniteshow.com/videos/im-barbie-girl-cs-world http://igniteshow.com/videos/im-barbie-girl-cs-world She argues that Matell is actually breaking with stereotypes here for a change (though inadvertently)- and that it's a good thing.
- ErrantX 16y agoI'm not sure if this is exactly the point you're making; but my experience of women in the engineering trade (admittedly more electronic engineering than computing) is that they are fairly "girly". Certainly not many fit the traditional stereotypes of "girl geek". I'd say the doll pretty much fits well.