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Article #150Re: Why are women too dumb to program a computer???
From: Daniel Pitts
Date: Sun, 21 Oct 2007 17:43
Date: Sun, 21 Oct 2007 17:43
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Roedy Green wrote: > On Wed, 17 Oct 2007 21:23:40 -0700, Victor Smootbank > <mean_priests@yahoo.com> wrote, quoted or indirectly quoted someone > who said : > >> Java, C++, BASIC V2 on a Commodore 64, women are simply >> to stupid to program a computer. If a woman can program a >> computer, "she" is a male to female crossdresser or a shemale. > > The most respected denizen of comp.lang.java.* is Patricia Shanahan. > You are aware that Grace Hopper invented COBOL. > Carly Fiorina was CEO of HP. > > I do find it peculiar that the industry is so male-dominated. > > It does not require any great physical strength. I it an ideal > telecommute job for someone also looking after kids. > > Perhaps it is just it has a geeky mystique that puts young females > off. > > I recall the extreme difficultly young women had in the all-male > engineering classes at UBC. The males ragged them outrageously, much > the way you would expect of 10 year old boys with an "no gurlz > allowed" fort. > I have to say, this post borders on sexist in its own right. Whether a job requires any great physical strength or that it makes it easy to take care of the kids, should not make a difference in gender. -- Daniel Pitts' Tech Blog: <http://virtualinfinity.net/wordpress/>
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