This is the discourse equivalent of going to a party, pulling your pants down in the living room and taking a shit on the floor.
Resentment won't help your cause, whatever it is.
It would be, if it was provably or probably true. I don't think it is. But I wasn't (and I'm not) going to spend an hour arguing the point. Further reading: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Falsifiability…
I'd say what for-profit companies do is the best indicator we have of the value of gender balance vs. just-making-something-people-want [to buy]--there's an imbalance in those too. Apple, for example, has an all male…
If you want the average consumer to weigh in, fine. Look at download/purchase statistics, canvass users or do focus groups. If you want qualified, passionate and experienced programmers you're out of luck, those are…
Probably not. (Except as an unusual coincidence.) Picture from a python conference: http://www.efytimes.com/admin/useradmin/photo/Pycon-UK.jpg As in all the other pictures that appears from a google search it's >90%…
Yes! / to crush the tyranny / let's find ourself a new Robespierre / a Lenin / a Mao / I mean / what could possibly go wrong?
"Sometimes you just came out of a screaming fight with your S.O. and dealing with a misogynist on top of that hurt just makes you want to crawl into a hole and die." That's kinda overwrought. Personally I'm very happy…
There's women are more-stupid/less–competent than men sexism and there's women are less likely to have spent time attaining a useless (and kinda dorky) skill at first person shooters non-sexism.
This is the discourse equivalent of going to a party, pulling your pants down in the living room and taking a shit on the floor.
Resentment won't help your cause, whatever it is.
It would be, if it was provably or probably true. I don't think it is. But I wasn't (and I'm not) going to spend an hour arguing the point. Further reading: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Falsifiability…
I'd say what for-profit companies do is the best indicator we have of the value of gender balance vs. just-making-something-people-want [to buy]--there's an imbalance in those too. Apple, for example, has an all male…
If you want the average consumer to weigh in, fine. Look at download/purchase statistics, canvass users or do focus groups. If you want qualified, passionate and experienced programmers you're out of luck, those are…
Probably not. (Except as an unusual coincidence.) Picture from a python conference: http://www.efytimes.com/admin/useradmin/photo/Pycon-UK.jpg As in all the other pictures that appears from a google search it's >90%…
Yes! / to crush the tyranny / let's find ourself a new Robespierre / a Lenin / a Mao / I mean / what could possibly go wrong?
"Sometimes you just came out of a screaming fight with your S.O. and dealing with a misogynist on top of that hurt just makes you want to crawl into a hole and die." That's kinda overwrought. Personally I'm very happy…
There's women are more-stupid/less–competent than men sexism and there's women are less likely to have spent time attaining a useless (and kinda dorky) skill at first person shooters non-sexism.