Women of Computing

[Adrian Stoness]

There's allot of masojinisitc crap in the system though..  I hear about it
from female friends. That were in school and now in the field it's there
and changing some countries or cities are worse then others as well

On Sat., Dec. 4, 2021, 4:48 p.m. Chris Long via cctalk, <
cctalk at classiccmp.org> wrote:

> I accept that far less women than men work in computing.
>
> I believe however that this is large due to their own perception of the
> industry and their career choices.
>
> Almost all the women I know would describe working in it as "sad" or
> "geeky" and several of them are married men who do work in IT.
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: cctalk <cctalk-bounces at classiccmp.org> On Behalf Of Toby Thain via
> cctalk
> Sent: 04 December 2021 22:24
> To: General Discussion: On-Topic and Off-Topic Posts <
> cctalk at classiccmp.org>
> Subject: Re: Women of Computing
>
> On 2021-12-04 2:55 p.m., Chris Long via cctalk wrote:
> > On the contrary I consider it implicit that they played an equal role -
> and the need to make toys to indicate it is somewhat sad.
> >
>
> False. Women still do not play 'an equal role' in STEM today, and did not
> in the 20th C either. Have you ever reflected on why not? It is a systemic
> issue that has been well studied and documented, and most relevantly,
> described by women.
>
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: cctalk <cctalk-bounces at classiccmp.org> On Behalf Of Brielle via
> > cctalk
> > Sent: 04 December 2021 19:53
> > To: General Discussion: On-Topic and Off-Topic Posts
> > <cctalk at classiccmp.org>
> > Subject: Re: Women of Computing
> >
> > Using the term ‘woke’ these days is a great way to render any point you
> are trying to make moot.  Great way to make people people not take you
> seriously.
> >
> > He may as well have just come out and said, “It triggers me and I don’t
> like having to acknowledge that women exist in the field of computer
> history.”
> >
> > — Brie
> >
> >> On Dec 4, 2021, at 12:43 PM, Jason Howe via cctalk <
> cctalk at classiccmp.org> wrote:
> >>
> >> I'm curious what your definition of 'woke' is, because it seems
> grossly misapplied in this instance.
> >>
> >> --Jason
> >>
> >>
> >>> On 12/4/21 10:20, Chris Long via cctalk wrote:
> >>> Great.....not.
> >>>
> >>> Why do we need woke Lego?
> >
> >
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