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Check out the "Appearance" section http://www.geekcode.com/geek.html#appearance http://www.geekcode.com/geek.html#appearance for a big helping of "only males ca
by blatherard 11y ago
Check out the "Appearance" section http://www.geekcode.com/geek.html#appearance http://www.geekcode.com/geek.html#appearance for a big helping of "only males can be geeks" assumption-making.
- M8 11y agoIt reflected the state of things in 1996.
- blatherard 11y agoActually, I was an undergraduate in 1993 (when this was first written) and I can assure you that there did exist women who did geeky stuff, were in STEM fields, etc. In fact, I did research for a professor then who was precisely such a woman. I don't want to overstate this, but little things like these add up to a perception that things were a way that wasn't really the case.
- Jem 11y agoDespite this, I had my geek code proudly displayed on my website for years! :) (d- for appearance, although less so these days.)
- gknoy 11y agoAre you referring to the phrase, "clothes make the man" (which I've always taken to be relatively gender-neutral, since it's about how your presentation affects how others treat you / see you), or to the references to wearing pants/slacks?
- blatherard 11y agoDefinitely the examples, not the phrase.
- jarin 11y agoCheck out the "Sex" section http://www.geekcode.com/geek.html#sex http://www.geekcode.com/geek.html#sex for a big helping of not making any gender assumptions
- blatherard 11y agoGood catch. Its interesting that the gender-neutrality comes only in the "Sex" and "Relationships" sections, and that the only female "I am <famous person>" comes in "Sex" for "I am Madonna."