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>“Carl is a difficult person to work with. But I trust in you to accomplish this. You will use your feminine approach and you’ll be fine.” What's wrong with fe
by tester756 6y ago
>“Carl is a difficult person to work with. But I trust in you to accomplish this. You will use your feminine approach and you’ll be fine.”
What's wrong with feminine approach?
People use this kind of wording especially when it comes to design
- e.g room, or outfit, generally those things that are considered as a areas where women are way better, so?
>That social networks can involve as much technology as any video game and that actually Facebook was one of the most influential tech companies of the last ten years?
How's that relevant?
People don't learn coding during Facebooking, unlike games where it's way more probable.
- tfigueroa 6y agoWhat does “the feminine approach” mean? How is she supposed to employ “it”? What if a manager advised to use “manly ruggedness” to fix an algorithm from O(n^2) to O(n)? It employ “Irish Luck”?
- tester756 6y agoOk, I get this, thank you.
- throwawayyy1986 6y agoNah I think this is fair game...how much have we been told that Jacinda is better at handling a pandemic because she's a woman? The default position nowadays is that women/trans people/etc. are exactly the same as men but magically better.
- em-bee 6y agowhat's wrong is that the implied expectation that she would automatically be successful because she is a woman. the boss was probably thinking that she should let her feminine charm work on him or something like that. "you will use your whatever skill and you will be fine" is quite patronizing. i would have stated the situation without making assumptions about her ability to do this, especially not any assumptions tied to her gender. i would have explained that she was the only person on the team who doesn't already have a bad relationship with carl. i would have asked her if she wants to do this and give her the option to decline. and maybe even offered a bonus for taking on a difficult task. and at the same time i would have pushed to have carl fired because he clearly isn't getting along with anyone else.
- Zelphyr 6y agoI agree with your first point but, with regards to the second point, how many people learn coding during gaming? Do you mean that more people get into gaming because of modding?
- tester756 6y ago>Do you mean that more people get into gaming because of modding? I meant that some games tend to get people into programming