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- From: mec6@quads.uchicago.edu (rini)
- Subject: Do Women Hate Tech Talk? (Was: Seperatists etc.)
- Message-ID: <1992Dec22.044937.21599@midway.uchicago.edu>
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- Organization: University of Chicago Computing Organizations
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- Date: Tue, 22 Dec 1992 04:49:37 GMT
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- dwelch@mpd.tandem.com (Dan Welch) writes:
- >muffy@remarque.berkeley.edu (Muffy Barkocy) writes:
- >>williamt@athena.Eng.Sun.COM (Dances with Drums) writes:
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- >>>Face it, you put a bunch of computer
- >>>nerds in a room, and it will likely turn to tech talk. If women are
- >>>there, those same conversations often don't occur -- different topics
- >>>are discussed.
-
- >>Absolutely false, in my experience.
-
- >Absolutely *true*, though, in mine. In fact, I get pressure from women
- >to *not* talk about technical stuff, even if I have an inclination to.
-
- Hmm. False in mine too. Gosh, what are we to do: take a vote?
-
- I think the point is that non-technical people often think computer
- geek talk is boring, right? And there aren't as many geeky women,
- right? So why not say, "If non-geeks are there, those same
- conversations often don't occur.." (Or do you really got pressure
- from geeky women not to talk tech?)
-
- rini
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