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I'm not sure what the purpose is of this article. Is it a tongue-in-cheek argument? Humorous? Part of a science fiction novel?
by porpoisemonkey 13y ago
I'm not sure what the purpose is of this article. Is it a tongue-in-cheek argument? Humorous? Part of a science fiction novel?
- to3m 13y agoThe cure for your confusion might be some immersion therapy. I suggest a quick glance at `Why so few violent games?', http://ludusnovus.net/2011/08/15/why-so-few-violent-games/ http://ludusnovus.net/2011/08/15/why-so-few-violent-games/. That should get you started!
- na85 13y agoI think it's intended as a satire of the "why aren't there any female programmers?" shtick, and the tendency of these posts to be written by men who don't necessarily appreciate the full gravity of the issue from a woman's perspective. I think it was intended to be a thought provoking piece involving some reverse-paternalistic attitudes. I think it was intended such that a male programmer would read it and be offended, and thus have his eyes opened, or something like that. I don't think it's particularly effective in those because it was just a little bit too predictable, and because the trick doesn't work in this case: there are shitloads of male programmers and everyone knows it, so the reversed argument just doesn't work.
- porpoisemonkey 13y agoThanks... I honestly didn't get the piece at first. It could be that I'm not the target audience. I guess the part of this satire that didn't click for me is the discrimination against women in programming based on genetics or evolutionary traits. I don't think I've ever heard that argument used before as a reason to discriminate against female programmers.
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