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There's a difference between female people and femininity. Not all women are into femininity to significant degrees or to any degree, and some see it as a quest
by detcader 12y ago
There's a difference between female people and femininity. Not all women are into femininity to significant degrees or to any degree, and some see it as a questionable social construction [1]. The women in the article are simply proposing that using extreme degrees of femininity to appeal to potential female programmers is not a sustainable campaign, given that that's not what the actual programming world is like. Role models do a lot more for children [2]
[1] http://feministcurrent.com/8789/femininity-is-no-joke-nomakeupselfie-and-manupandmakeup%E2%80%AC/ http://feministcurrent.com/8789/femininity-is-no-joke-nomake...
[2] http://reelgirl.com/2013/11/im-not-a-pilot-im-a-pilots-wife-says-3-yr-old-girl/ http://reelgirl.com/2013/11/im-not-a-pilot-im-a-pilots-wife-...