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Nonsense. While many hackers treat women equally, there are also a lot who apply double standards. Women (and feminist guys) working together to highlight thi
by jdp23 16y ago
Nonsense. While many hackers treat women equally, there are also a lot who apply double standards. Women (and feminist guys) working together to highlight this will lead to less sexism and increased respect.
And the article is the exact opposite of perpetuating the myth -- it's highlighting women hackers.
- wakeup 16y agoYou are a foo.
- yummyfajitas 16y agoNo, it's highlighting a group of women who get together and talk while claiming to be hackers. You can find similar groups An article which actually does highlight a female hacker. Note that the focus is on her hacks, not on her gender (which only comes up tangentially): http://pastebin.com/8ZN3BVTJ http://pastebin.com/8ZN3BVTJ
- jdp23 16y agoYou appear to have a very narrow definition of hacker. hh66 is one and so are the women in the Wired article.
- yummyfajitas 16y agoThe point of the article I linked to is not that she is a virus writer, the point is that the article is about her hacks. If the article were about a girl who wrote an information retrieval system, a video game or a database, it would similarly highlight a female hacker. This wired article is about a bunch of girls who get together and whine about men asking them what distro they run.
- prodigal_erik 16y agoYeah, I'd be disappointed if Wired ran my picture but omitted links to any of my projects. If this article were about men, we'd be ignoring it.