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"does anybody seriously wear pink cat eye glasses or carry a pink laptop?" Comments like this will drive girls away from programming. I dated a girl in colleg
by RandallBrown 14y ago
"does anybody seriously wear pink cat eye glasses or carry a pink laptop?"
Comments like this will drive girls away from programming.
I dated a girl in college that was very girly. She loved shoes, shopping, makeup, and lots of stereotypical girl stuff. After getting to know her better, I found out she loved legos, video games, and was good at math and science. I convinced her to take a computer science class.
She eventually decided to be a CS major. She complained about the lack of girls in the program, but the most interesting complaints were about how the few other girls made her feel.
She was a girly girl. She wasn't accepted by all of the other girls. They would take pride in their lack of girliness and shun those who didn't.
And yes... she did carry a pink laptop.
- marlenac 14y agoIt makes me sad that this is the interpretation you carried away from my post. I am, for better or worse, not a fan of pink, but aside from taking pot-shots at Barbie, I favor supporting other women in CS. It's good to hear that you were so encouraging and FWIW, If your friend had been sitting next to me in a CS class, I would have been friendly and said hello or traded notes regardless of the color of her laptop. Thanks for taking the time to read my post and comment.