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Re:Sexism by ckolderup on Tuesday April 17, 2012 @05:38PM (#3855137)
I know a large number of librarians, some male and some female, and have had a discussion with most of them about the dearth of men in their profession. Most of them are concerned by it. So now we both have anecdotes, hooray!
Re:Sexism by DanBC on Tuesday April 17, 2012 @05:44PM (#3855165)
A mild tangent: When the Internet was being rolled out beyond the initial research labs it ended up being part of the library's remit. Thus there are a bunch of women of a certain age who were there at the early days of the Internet who know a lot about protocols and netiquette etc.