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Thats the most sexist word ever... kidogrammers, asianogrammers and bullshit ... get a life and stop seeing a gender, a race or anything else to your colleague

Thats the most sexist word ever... kidogrammers, asianogrammers and bullshit ... get a life and stop seeing a gender, a race or anything else to your colleague and just expect from him/her being polite and positive. When will we get rid of this nonsense?

fennecfoxen 11y ago
Even aside from sexism (and the casually racist Euro-centric term 'wog') that's a very stupid word and they should feel ashamed for inventing it. It's as bad as 'murse'.
- jgrahamc 11y ago
  'wog' is not 'casually racist'. If you are British and you call someone a 'wog' it is very, very offensive.
- tomjen3 11y ago
  Never heard of either. How offensive are they compared to towelhead or nigger?
  - pjc50 11y ago
    Roughly the same level of offensiveness; you couldn't say it as a public figure without ending your career.
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onion2k 11y ago
When will we get rid of this nonsense? As soon as people stop using it as an excuse to abuse, berate, degrade and discriminate against people. These words, and the intent behind them, are not the problem - they are a reaction to the problem. Rather than get annoyed with people who invent words like 'wogrammers', why not direct your anger toward the employers who refuse to hire women, or pay them less, or ignore sexual harassment. Those people are the problem.
- tomjen3 11y ago
  Believe me, I would be pretty angry at such people, but clear cut cases are also pretty ducking rare.
- dylanjermiah 11y ago
  >why not direct your anger toward the employers who refuse to hire women, or pay them less, or ignore sexual harassment Do you have any data, which controls for the appropriate variables, to support that?
  - onion2k 11y ago
    The fact that you're questioning whether or not sexism is really a thing is quite a big part of the problem. Trying talking to people. I find that pretty much every woman in the tech industry who I've spoken to has at least one example of how they feel they've been discriminated against at some point.
    - dylanjermiah 11y ago
      What you have just stated is a huge problem. To accept that there's a problem without even asking for data, or even worse dismissing someone for wanting to make a decision based on data is an unproductive method to solve a problem. It's shooting in the dark.
    - tjr 11y ago
      Trying talking to people. That's what is being done right here, right now. I find that pretty much every woman in the tech industry who I've spoken to has at least one example of how they feel they've been discriminated against at some point. Then sharing some concrete examples should be easy!
    - tomjen3 11y ago
      >The fact that you're questioning whether or not sexism is really a thing is quite a big part of the problem. I take that to mean you don't have those facts? Because it would be easier and more trustworthy to simply put them on the table than berate the gp for posting a reasonable question.
Mithaldu 11y ago
>> Erin Summers and Zainab Ghadiyali started wogrammer to break stereotypes about women engineers. > Thats the most sexist word ever Are you even aware that this project was started and is being done by women in the tech field and is aimed to communicate at women? You're probably a man. You're not being asked to change, or do anything. All they're doing is showing learning women that other women are having fun and success in the tech industry and so could they. If having a silly name helps in that then what you think about the name does not matter.

fennecfoxen 11y ago

Even aside from sexism (and the casually racist Euro-centric term 'wog') that's a very stupid word and they should feel ashamed for inventing it. It's as bad as 'murse'.

jgrahamc 11y ago
'wog' is not 'casually racist'. If you are British and you call someone a 'wog' it is very, very offensive.
tomjen3 11y ago
Never heard of either. How offensive are they compared to towelhead or nigger?
- pjc50 11y ago
  Roughly the same level of offensiveness; you couldn't say it as a public figure without ending your career.

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onion2k 11y ago

When will we get rid of this nonsense? As soon as people stop using it as an excuse to abuse, berate, degrade and discriminate against people. These words, and the intent behind them, are not the problem - they are a reaction to the problem. Rather than get annoyed with people who invent words like 'wogrammers', why not direct your anger toward the employers who refuse to hire women, or pay them less, or ignore sexual harassment. Those people are the problem.

tomjen3 11y ago
Believe me, I would be pretty angry at such people, but clear cut cases are also pretty ducking rare.
dylanjermiah 11y ago
>why not direct your anger toward the employers who refuse to hire women, or pay them less, or ignore sexual harassment Do you have any data, which controls for the appropriate variables, to support that?
- onion2k 11y ago
  The fact that you're questioning whether or not sexism is really a thing is quite a big part of the problem. Trying talking to people. I find that pretty much every woman in the tech industry who I've spoken to has at least one example of how they feel they've been discriminated against at some point.
  - dylanjermiah 11y ago
    What you have just stated is a huge problem. To accept that there's a problem without even asking for data, or even worse dismissing someone for wanting to make a decision based on data is an unproductive method to solve a problem. It's shooting in the dark.
  - tjr 11y ago
    Trying talking to people. That's what is being done right here, right now. I find that pretty much every woman in the tech industry who I've spoken to has at least one example of how they feel they've been discriminated against at some point. Then sharing some concrete examples should be easy!
  - tomjen3 11y ago
    >The fact that you're questioning whether or not sexism is really a thing is quite a big part of the problem. I take that to mean you don't have those facts? Because it would be easier and more trustworthy to simply put them on the table than berate the gp for posting a reasonable question.

Mithaldu 11y ago

>> Erin Summers and Zainab Ghadiyali started wogrammer to break stereotypes about women engineers. > Thats the most sexist word ever Are you even aware that this project was started and is being done by women in the tech field and is aimed to communicate at women? You're probably a man. You're not being asked to change, or do anything. All they're doing is showing learning women that other women are having fun and success in the tech industry and so could they. If having a silly name helps in that then what you think about the name does not matter.