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Re:White House Names Google’s Megan Smith the Next CTO of th... by valarauca1 on Thursday September 04, 2014 @01:22PM (#8269477)
I'm really happy this position was given to a women.

Can we please not use a term like "Chick" to refer to a person who holds a position in the white house?

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Re:White House Names Google’s Megan Smith the Next CTO of th... by Govannon on Thursday September 04, 2014 @01:43PM (#8269592)
I'm really happy this position was given to a woman.
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Re:White House Names Google’s Megan Smith the Next CTO of th... by valarauca1 on Thursday September 04, 2014 @02:05PM (#8269723)
As am I! Its the only way we as a society can move past stuff like this.
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Re:White House Names Google’s Megan Smith the Next CTO of th... by lawnchair_larry on Friday September 05, 2014 @01:58AM (#8272523)
I think we aren't past it until we express delight in credentials and achievements, and not gender. We shouldn't be happy that a woman got the position, we should be happy that a qualified person did.
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Re:White House Names Google’s Megan Smith the Next CTO of th... by MrZongle2 on Thursday September 04, 2014 @04:17PM (#8270394)
In the long list of terms used to refer to individuals who are in the White House, "chick" is pretty tame.
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