Isn't it shocking how many guys here think that they have advice for how to succeed as a woman in a male-dominated field? Some of the comments here are way more sexist than anything I've ever experienced in real life. I wonder if my coworkers are just holding hiding their real feelings, or if slashdot has a higher than ordinary population of crazy chauvinists. Neither is a very appealing prospect.
Anyway, thanks, Lena, for your support!
When women check you out below the waistline, they are probably marveling at the tackiness of your pants. Besides, I'm not talking about a glance or two. Of course it is human nature to look, but I have definitely never had entire conversations while oogling a man's crotch.
I am a woman, and I love slashdot. But threads like this and especially comments like this really disappoint me. Every day women in tech fields experience little degrading things: people talking to our boobs, assuming that we are secretaries, shouting us down, and paying us less.
We do not present ourselves as 'weak and frail' women. We simply present ourselves as the women that we are. It is not our responsibility to act like one of the boys. It is the responsibility of men to realize that we are not one of the boys, but we are fellow humans, and as such have every right to do the jobs we love and be respected while we do it.
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Isn't it shocking how many guys here think that they have advice for how to succeed as a woman in a male-dominated field? Some of the comments here are way more sexist than anything I've ever experienced in real life. I wonder if my coworkers are just holding hiding their real feelings, or if slashdot has a higher than ordinary population of crazy chauvinists. Neither is a very appealing prospect. Anyway, thanks, Lena, for your support!
When women check you out below the waistline, they are probably marveling at the tackiness of your pants. Besides, I'm not talking about a glance or two. Of course it is human nature to look, but I have definitely never had entire conversations while oogling a man's crotch.
I am a woman, and I love slashdot. But threads like this and especially comments like this really disappoint me. Every day women in tech fields experience little degrading things: people talking to our boobs, assuming that we are secretaries, shouting us down, and paying us less. We do not present ourselves as 'weak and frail' women. We simply present ourselves as the women that we are. It is not our responsibility to act like one of the boys. It is the responsibility of men to realize that we are not one of the boys, but we are fellow humans, and as such have every right to do the jobs we love and be respected while we do it.