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I am sorry but I cringed while reading this. “Mom” as an example of a non-technical user. Describing software or algorithms as “sexy”, “hot”, etc. like lol,
by blue69 12y ago
I am sorry but I cringed while reading this.
“Mom” as an example of a non-technical user.
Describing software or algorithms as “sexy”, “hot”, etc.
like lol, I am not sexist and I would love to have more females in engineering, but these pseudo-intellectual feminists do nothing but whine about the stupidest things
- NamTaf 12y agoIf you wanted more females in engineering then you'd listen to their complaints about what's keeping them from entering it and address them. You're being sexist through trivialising their objections by saying they 'do nothing but whine about the stupidest things'. What position are you in to argue whether their objections have merit? You could argue, as others have, that some of these objections aren't inherently sexist because they can apply to both genders (i.e.: sexualising things is a trait performed by both genders), but dismissing this list as you did does nothing except undermine your own statement of wanting more women in tech.
- mod 12y agoYou can listen to the concerns of the group (all women) and still trivialize the objections of a minority (psuedo-intellectual women) without being sexist. The position he has to argue whether the objections have merit is that he's a thinking, rational human who can objectively consider whether something is sexist or not.
- dmschulman 12y agoI would wonder whether these are opinions felt by a wide percentage of women in tech or if they are solely the gripes of the author.