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Did you read the article at all? Her whole point is that women should not have to do this, that they face discrimination if they do do this, and that we should
by thetabyte 14y ago
Did you read the article at all? Her whole point is that women should not have to do this, that they face discrimination if they do do this, and that we should refrain from assuming that if we don't see one of these, it's by a man. The problem isn't that they don't know she's a girl. It's that they assume she isn't one.
- RegEx 14y agoI actually did skip a paragraph on accident. > Sure, I could go out of my way to make it obvious that I’m a woman. I could put my name at the top of my blog or on my About page, or I could mention it in passing in my writing. That’s not something a male author has to do, though. Furthermore, doing so results in harassment and having my writing dismissed/trivialized/tokenized because of my gender. Hence why I don’t (or at least, hadn’t until this post).
- verroq 14y ago>Her whole point is that women should not have to do this, that they face discrimination if they do do this I don't think this point is correct. The technical nature of computer science/technology makes it easier to judge a work by its technical merits, not by authorship.
- thetabyte 14y agoYes, that's very true, it can be more easily judged by technical merits, but that doesn't necessarily mean it will be. Not to mention it invites less-than-appropriate or nice messages.