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They were saying that they know of counterexamples to this statement.

• pjc50 2y ago
  I'd be very impressed if someone can find a woman in tech who's never had her input dismissed due to "not being a technical person". The frequency of such events goes down but is difficult to bring to zero.
  • bluGill 2y ago
    I have no doubt that every woman in tech has been dismissed due to "not being technical". Even as a man I've been disrespected as not technical - I fit all the tech stereotypes. I'm well aware of the social norms that are against woman in tech that don't apply to me. However there are a lot of well respected women in tech and with not much effort they can find places where they are respected.
  • sanderjd 2y ago
    You're probably right about that, but I don't think that's the criterion? I think "considered to be non technical" is quite a bit different than "has at least once been dismissed as insufficiently technical". I work with a number of women who are clearly "Technical" in the sense of this article, even if they have been dismissed a number of times as you say. I'm totally with you (and presumably the author) that this kind of dismissal is really toxic. But I also feel like there's a no true scotsman thing going on here; if you say "actually I know Technical people who fit the author's description" the retort is "well the article isn't talking about those people!".