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Replace programmer with nearly any profession and replace women with any minority group in that profession during the 80s and the article will largely be the sa
by joyeuse6701 13y ago
Replace programmer with nearly any profession and replace women with any minority group in that profession during the 80s and the article will largely be the same. It's the same old story (which is disturbing on a few levels). Male programmers will be defensive because they are villains in this anecdote. The article polarized men as evil and women as good, their perspective of reality does not align with this post 2000 femininist narrative, which is why so many bristle at articles like this. However I'm sure male or female programmers can empathize with the misery of a belittle workplace environment. It's frustrating and definitely can urge you to lash out.
- blocking_io 13y agoThe article polarized men as evil and women as good Where?
- cubsink 13y agoLike: " Over the 20 years that followed, I found that being a woman put me at one remove from the general society of programmers. " ...and: "We women found ourselves nearly alone, outsiders in a culture that was sometimes boyishly puerile, sometimes rigorously hierarchical, occasionally friendly and welcoming. " and it just goes on. This is why most men hate feminism. I would not hire a women with that attitude.