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Where you place the most attractive people in the front row for each photo. ;) But, in all seriousness, I think it is a fantastic idea to make women feel more
by yial 14y ago
Where you place the most attractive people in the front row for each photo. ;)
But, in all seriousness, I think it is a fantastic idea to make women feel more welcome in that field, as too many girls I know who are IST majors, or something similar, frequently talk about how they really feel that it's more of a "guys" area.
- Adrock 14y agoDon't say ridiculously sexist and superficial crap and put an emoticon next to it like that makes it ok. It's not ok.
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- brain5ide 14y agoDon't attach the sexist label to things so easily. That devalues it in the mind of people that care not mindlessly.
- kabuks 14y agoThese women just spent 3 months of technical training, and the comment started by remarking on their attractiveness and goes on to call them girls. Not sure if they attached it 'easily', but that comment was squarely sexist in my book. Even if it was well intentioned.
- walshemj 14y agoI agree did you see the sewing needle in the log FFS along with craft word in the seal on the wall. "don't worry ladies its just craft like sewing a quilt" they will be going on about how they have some "negro boys" in the next group.
- walshemj 14y agoObviously hit a nerve there
- yial 14y agoNo, I said women in the field. Then I commented that /girls/ that I know. (people who are 17, 18, years old, which, if you're still living off your parents etc, you're still a boy or a girl) I feel that even at my age, I am still a "girl" rather then a "women" personally.
- Adrock 14y agoAgainst all instincts, I'll entertain your suggestion. Why should that not be labeled as sexist?
- yial 14y agoI was saying that to due to the fact that it's true for each and every photo, even the guys I find attractive are in the front rows. I felt that the photos were slightly weird because of that. Additionally, I think many things about the logo are sexist, the needle and stitch thing is more sexist then any comment I made.
- Omni5cience 14y agoThe Hacker School logo is a computer [1]. The logo you're seeing with a needle is one from Etsy [2], who by the way, were the driving force behind (and are the primary benefactors of) Hacker School's grants for women. [1] https://www.hackerschool.com/assets/logo_140.png https://www.hackerschool.com/assets/logo_140.png [2] http://kongscreenprinting.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/Etsy-Code-as-Craft.jpg http://kongscreenprinting.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/Ets...
- jamii 14y agoWhere we place the shortest people in the front row for each photo. You know, like every other group photo ever...
- thechips 14y agoAs someone in the back I resent the comment above
- jfarmer 14y agoYou might not realize it, but your first sentence is an example of what makes "too many girls ... feel that it [the technology field] is more of a 'guys' area." When people say "sexism," that's a big part of what they mean. It's not necessarily treating women as if they're inferior to men, but rather creating an environment -- sometimes knowingly, usually not -- where women don't feel comfortable or welcome because they are women. Pinching butts, whistling, making sexual advances, hiring unqualified men over qualified women, etc. are all ham-handed ways of creating that environment. But sexism is also embedded in things like our instinct to comment first on a woman's appearance, call them "girls" instead of "women," and constantly sexualize them in small and seemingly insignificant ways.