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> They’re more organized. Here we go again. Based on what? Where does this idea come from? Can you imagine if we all just accepted this as fact about men? I
by brandonmenc 12y ago
> They’re more organized.
Here we go again.
Based on what? Where does this idea come from? Can you imagine if we all just accepted this as fact about men?
I know plenty of female programmers who absolutely hate this idea that women are "more organized." The result is almost always that they get pigeonholed into the "secretary" role on a team.
This idea needs to die. It does no one any good, and it's probably just false.
- joshdotsmith 12y ago"There’s more empathy" also bothers me. I'm not sure we're doing anyone any favors by generalizing large swaths of people, by gender or anything else. This is pure prejudice, even if it's good-natured and well-intentioned.
- dubfan 12y agoPrejudice isn't necessarily a bad thing. As a society, we're fighting over where the line is between "bad prejudice" and "good prejudice", and the tech gender gap is just one of many battlegrounds in that fight.
- comrh 12y ago> There’s more empathy, which makes for a better work environment. Which is also the same thing said when they were pigeonholing women as nurses and never doctors (not to bash nursing at all, but watch a couple episodes of Masters of Sex and you see the superiority complex). Gender roles are crap.