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> This is especially important in CS especially when boys are encouraged from a young age to do "techy" and "geeky" things in ways that girls usually aren't. J
by skinkestek 5y ago
> This is especially important in CS especially when boys are encouraged from a young age to do "techy" and "geeky" things in ways that girls usually aren't.
Just be aware that this is not everyones experience.
Many places boys are held back and girls are pushed forward.
And then afterwards boys gets told they are somehow "privileged" and would never be were they are if it wasn't for "male privilege".
Obviously this goes both ways, but there is at least some focus on it when it hurts girls.
If you try to mention the problems young innocent boys have, be prepared to get laughed out.
(I'm halfway expecting that even on HN too.)
- JoeAltmaier 5y agoThis seems entirely created out of thin air.
- skinkestek 5y agoI think that was neither nice nor fair from you. This is experience. If you had a cushy life, good for you. But don't tell others their experiences aren't real.
- JoeAltmaier 5y agoOk, I'll bite. Citation? Any evidence of any kind to offer? See, that post just read like negative chatter. "Folks are always doing wrong stuff." Meaningless to offer without anything concrete.
- skinkestek 5y agoThis is a pseudonymous account and I am not willing to change that. I will try without giving anything away, but you will need to help me here: - Do you really think some people here haven't grown up with feminist teachers who took it way too far? - How many times have you heard anything about "Girls who code" vs "Boys who code"? - If you are actually interested and ready to see something ugly, just go back and try to read some "mens day" discussion on Twitter or I think even on HN too. I've tried to be active in those days in a positive way. Last year I gave up. Any mention of today being mens day on company chat is immediately laughed off with something along the lines of "and so is 363 other days". Meanwhile men die younger, have higher incarceration rates, more suicides, and gets less education. And also the few times there is discussion it is often redirected to "how men are suffering from toxic masculinity" which is probably true but only a small problem.
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- another_story 5y agoWhat places?
- rpmisms 5y agoMost public schools in my state.