I know a woman who was a programmer in the 1960s. When people would ask her to do “women’s work” she just said “I don’t know how” and carried on writing softwar

I know a woman who was a programmer in the 1960s. When people would ask her to do “women’s work” she just said “I don’t know how” and carried on writing software. Even when they asked her to type something for them (everyone could see that she could type). Diego Gambetta has written about a similar phenomenon with the Italian mafia. https://www.insidehighered.com/views/2009/08/26/criminal-incompetence https://www.insidehighered.com/views/2009/08/26/criminal-inc...