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Thanks for your very well thought out reply. To a certain degree what you are saying is very much true. What you are forgetting however is that if you go furth

by mtrimpe 15y ago

Thanks for your very well thought out reply. To a certain degree what you are saying is very much true. What you are forgetting however is that if you go further back in time men were hunters and women were gatherers. Women stayed around the camp and were free to chat and men went off to hunt and had to be silent. I'm trying to make the point that part of this is probably genetically/hormonally engrained into the female psyche (it's probably what you have tweak to 'fix' people like me) and that part of what is holding women back in the workplace, especially in tech as compared to e.g. fashion, is that they are asked to leave this part of them behind. 'If women are going to be peers and equals to men in a professional workplace, they should act like it.' Equals in what way?

philwelch 15y ago
Nah, I'd have to see some serious cross-cultural research to believe that the "girl's game" is a universal, as would anyone who's had a whiff of anthropology at any point in their education. Also, speaking as a bisexual myself, I'm kind of offended by your characterization of bisexuals, unless by "bisexual" you mean "intersexed" or "transgender" or something, which in itself is actually just as offensive. Being queer doesn't mean engaging in stereotypical, effeminate behaviors like the ones you're describing.
- mtrimpe 15y ago
  I know I can only offer anecdotal evidence; I had no intentions of positing this as a well-researched fact. And you're right on the second part as well. Although I am bisexual, the term for what I'm referring to would be 'genderqueer' if I'm correct.