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From the original article "Der Hacker mit dem Comic-Mann-Aussehen redet sich in Rage..." A little irrelevant to this post, but one thing I find very interestin
by Jun8 15y ago
From the original article "Der Hacker mit dem Comic-Mann-Aussehen redet sich in Rage..."
A little irrelevant to this post, but one thing I find very interesting is this: Generally gender imbalance in CS is explained as due to an environment that is hostile to women (even a Start Trek poster in the classroom). In writing, the pronoun "she" is usually used in examples, to avoid "sexist language"
Yet, the fact that "Hacker" has a masculine article doesn't bother the German female hackers. Articles for foreign adopted words are generally determined phonetically, AFAIK, but still. Do we refer to female hackers as "die Hackerin" :-) What is the article in other languages, French, Italian, etc (I would be very surprised if any had a feminine article)?
- teashorts 15y ago>Yet, the fact that "Hacker" has a masculine article doesn't bother the >German female hackers. Why would that bother them, if they have their own term ("die Hackerin")?
- mwhite 15y agoPerhaps "die Häckse": https://secure.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/de/wiki/Haeckse https://secure.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/de/wiki/Haeckse
- diN0bot 15y agowie Hexe! love it.
- sebkomianos 15y agoYou can use both articles in Greek.