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Soap Opera for Luring Women to Tech is a Flop
Billosaur writes "The Register has an article by Mark Ballard on attempts to lure more women into the area of technology by a '...TV soap that depicts them making a success of careers traditionally pursued by men.' The Public Awareness of Science and Engineering (PAWS) Drama Fund has been attempting to develop a soap opera called 'Happy Valley' to encourage girls to pursue careers in science and technology by giving them successful role models to follow. The idea is tanking, however, as no one is willing to pick up the show. To quote the show's writer, Tony McHale: 'People say, why don't you do a science soap. My reply is that no-one will commission it, because it's boring.'"
They just needed a catchier title
Have the tech woman living a life like Barbie. Add in a deal with Matel for an "Engineer Barbie" that comes with her own laptop and you'll have a hit.
Confucius say, "Find worm in apple - bad. Find half a worm - worse."
Geeze!
"The Guiding Byte"
Here's a hint for the producers - you should probably not tie any media targeted at women with "dogs" of any sort at the metaphorical level.
It is OK to have dogs in the shows themselves as long as they are either very tiny Doglings, or very large Doggoliths.
"There is more worth loving than we have strength to love." - Brian Jay Stanley
Jill (face flushing): But I couldn't resist.. It was one of the new quad Opteron machines!
Enrique: So, you're saying you're only staying with me for the servers???
Jill: Please, Enrique. Can you forgive me? (general tears break out)
Tune in next week when Jill finds a new use for the neon tubes in Gary's gaming machine.
Nope.. Somehow, I think that this is just one of those things from which nothing good can come.
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I read the headline as "SOAP Opera for Luring Women" and was trying to figure out what the heck some programmer was doing with XML messaging and an Internet browser to stalk women.
Nah, Women can work in tech, look: http://img504.imageshack.us/full.php?image=femalei texp8rc.jpg
:-)
*note to mods this is a joke, I actually know a couple of female software engineers, they're beter at it than me.
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Of course, some of us suffer from a terminal case of integrity and are unable to pull off such behavior.
I LOVE IT! "Yeah, mom, I'm never getting married because I have way too much integrity for today's woman." I'll try that one.
there are too many political interests that absolutely hate that because it leads to a stable family system
Yep. That's what every problem in the world comes down too: the liberal's hatred of the stable family system.
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> Doesn't seem that complicated to me.
Yeah, but you're a rocket scientist.