SymbOS: Graphical Z80 Multitasking Operating System

Re:SymbOS: Graphical Z80 Multitasking Operating System by thenewwazoo on Friday January 05, 2018 @11:59AM (#16079759)

It reinforces the idea of the IT industry as a place for men, and the male gaze[0], as well as injecting sexuality into an entirely asexual domain for no reason. If we want computing to be inclusive, and I personally do, then we should make representations of computing inclusive.

That is diametrically opposed from being "anti" anything.

[0] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Male_gaze

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Re:SymbOS: Graphical Z80 Multitasking Operating System by efnx on Friday January 05, 2018 @12:05PM (#16079811)

I still don’t get it - there are pictures of men and women in that screenshot.

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Re:SymbOS: Graphical Z80 Multitasking Operating System by robin_reala on Friday January 05, 2018 @12:09PM (#16079847)

Maybe if you count the demon as male, or the tiny silhouette in the bottom right.

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Re:SymbOS: Graphical Z80 Multitasking Operating System by BEEdwards on Friday January 05, 2018 @12:09PM (#16079852)

There are not. Only women, unless you're looking at a different screenshot.

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Re:SymbOS: Graphical Z80 Multitasking Operating System by efnx on Friday January 05, 2018 @12:25PM (#16079961)

I thought the two on the left were women and the one on the right was a hair band rocker (man).

I think if anything this is confirming your individual biases about what men and women should look like, which is part of the problem with our tech community. Even if I'm wrong about the rocker (likely), the problem isn't the picture - it's all of us.

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