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I understand where feminist come from on the issue, but I do think that sometimes they take it to far. His wife is obvoisly non-technical. It's not about "omg t

I understand where feminist come from on the issue, but I do think that sometimes they take it to far. His wife is obvoisly non-technical. It's not about "omg these womenz don't get tech". It's more about this is how a conversation went between a technical and non-technical person, who happen to be husband and wife. I know that people feel that using "wife" enforces stereotypes, but I really don't see it in this post. Sometimes picking on these very tiny issues makes it very hard to identify with your cause.

fennecfoxen 14y ago
"Sometimes picking on these very tiny issues makes it very hard to identify with your cause." This. Because you're taking an informative, factual statement describing a particular relationship (husband working with technology, wife with limited relationship to technology), and saying that it's not any good to describe this fact, because other people who want to have a different sort of relationship might feel outnumbered or something. People who are interested in actually doing something about gender-related issues in technology should consider that at a certain point, it's less productive to whine about something and more productive to ignore it and cope so you can fight bigger battles. I think we passed that point on the way to this article, and then went on to enter the zone where people stop even respecting that you're fighting...