The "Girl Power" attitude probably reflects more of a clique-ish divide common at that age rather than a social aside on gender inequality, similar to a "Generi

The "Girl Power" attitude probably reflects more of a clique-ish divide common at that age rather than a social aside on gender inequality, similar to a "Generic HS represent!" cheer. The more alarming quote was Cerf's "I was secretly very pleased to see that happen." The obvious corollary is that he would have been secretly less pleased if boys had won. Does that indicate he has lesser expectations for women? Would his (probably) sub-conscious bias actually hurt girls perceptions of themselves in the long run? Reminds me of the Reddit thread for a women-only programming event that received some backlash: http://www.reddit.com/r/programming/comments/h0fe0/pyladies_an_introductory_workshop/ http://www.reddit.com/r/programming/comments/h0fe0/pyladies_...