Re:HOWTO Encourage Women in Linux
by michaelneale on Saturday October 18, 2008 @04:09PM
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It seems that the single-mindedness of the male "hunters" mind suits working with computers quite well. You focus on annoying trivia to the exclusion of all else for a while and that is exactly what is needed. Females seem to be more balanced, and capable of many concurrent tasks, which makes them slightly less likely to allow themselves to be as obsessed as males are with computers.
Of course all this is generalisation and doesn't apply to great chunks of people..
One other thing that seems to happen in the programming language world is testosterone charges debates/arguments. Thats not terribly attractive to 60% of the population, so that can't be helping either.
Re:HOWTO Encourage Women in Linux
by IsaacSchlueter on Saturday October 18, 2008 @02:13PM
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It's not like anyone knows what gender you are online anyway.
But.. you still HAVE a gender. Just because you don't know who you're offending doesn't mean you aren't being offensive.
We're built differently, and have different strengths and weaknesses.
I tend to agree. Part of me doubts that linux/hacker/computer/nerd culture will ever be 50/50, but I've seen some of the do's and don'ts in the real world.
Maybe true a few years ago, certainly not now
Well, it was written in 2002.
"We all know that most computer games are written by and for men."
Maybe true a few years ago, certainly not now - "Petz" "hamsterz" "animal crossing" "Wii fit" "Nintendogs" etc etc. Nintendo probably makes more 'girl' games than they do 'boy' games.