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Regardless of whether it's nature or nurture, women in at least Western culture are used to focussing much more on the subtle interpersonal dynamics of situatio
by mtrimpe 13y ago
Regardless of whether it's nature or nurture, women in at least Western culture are used to focussing much more on the subtle interpersonal dynamics of situations.
It could be due to something as simple as hormonal differences creating more interconnections between hemispheres or historical oppression having given rise to a form of power play that by it's nature needed to be concealed from men.
Whichever it is, it creates a different kind of sense-making and internal dialogue. Right here, you're taking that 'kind' of internal dialogue and branding it as the sort of tripe for which women deserve to be excluded by men.
That, even disregarding the fact that you accidentally wrote this to the author of said post, is exactly the kind of stuff sexism in tech is made of.
- johnbm 13y agoTell you what, why don't the feminists retire "Schrödinger's rapist" first, and then I'll stop being wary around women in tech in case of them decides to point a finger at me on Twitter because she's another Adria Richards. As for the "different way of thinking"... she decided the best way to defuse suspicion about an affair that didn't exist was to act exactly as if she was having an affair. That's called being an idiot, and it is not sexist to point that out.