Re: [LAU] [Fwd: Re: Fuck your sexism]

From: Folderol <folderol@email-addr-hidden>
Date: Sun Feb 10 2013 - 22:19:00 EET

On Sun, 10 Feb 2013 12:05:41 -0800
Louis Gorenfeld <louis.gorenfeld@email-addr-hidden> wrote:

> But I think there's a really backwards justification when it comes to
> sexism in tech-- "There are so few women that it *must* be because of
> sexism". It's not true and I just get really tired of hearing it. My
> personal thoughts on the matter is that it's because geeks are an easy
> target, and there's a lot of vicious anti-intellectual subtext to go
> along with that line of reasoning, too.

I think you hit not one, but two nails right on the head with that comment!

-- 
Will J Godfrey
http://www.musically.me.uk
Say you have a poem and I have a tune.
Exchange them and we can both have a poem, a tune, and a song.
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