I don't know about you, but I can relate to much of what this article, Out of the Loop in Silicon Valley, is saying. Bravo - an excellent article, Claire Cain Miller!! I wanted so bad to leave a comment about the gender biases I've seen in the Wired magazine (a pretty ironic magazine title, if you think about it).
So often I perceive this magazine as catered to sex-starved male geeks. I'm referring to the the ads - the little side articles, etc. This type of content doesn't help to break any stereotypes that women are just toys, pastimes -- objects to be manipulated and used when bored with other things made and manipulated, now does it. But alas, no comments allowed at the end of Clair's excellent article (what gender made that editorial call??). The tech world, despite it's aura of innovation and forward-progress, seems to have its share of gender-biased neanderthal thinking, for sure. Let's hope great things for our granddaughters, because both you and I know, it is really that far off. Claire, ever thought about starting a gender equitable tech magazine called "Rewired"? I'd subscribe in a heartbeat!!
(oops - forgot my place there for a second...I am, after all, only a little 'ol tech usin' female teacher writing a silly little benign education blog...don't worry, my hand is going back to rocking the cradle. It is - it really is. ;)
So often I perceive this magazine as catered to sex-starved male geeks. I'm referring to the the ads - the little side articles, etc. This type of content doesn't help to break any stereotypes that women are just toys, pastimes -- objects to be manipulated and used when bored with other things made and manipulated, now does it. But alas, no comments allowed at the end of Clair's excellent article (what gender made that editorial call??). The tech world, despite it's aura of innovation and forward-progress, seems to have its share of gender-biased neanderthal thinking, for sure. Let's hope great things for our granddaughters, because both you and I know, it is really that far off. Claire, ever thought about starting a gender equitable tech magazine called "Rewired"? I'd subscribe in a heartbeat!!(oops - forgot my place there for a second...I am, after all, only a little 'ol tech usin' female teacher writing a silly little benign education blog...don't worry, my hand is going back to rocking the cradle. It is - it really is. ;)
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Go Janni, Slap those tech-boys into place. Little do they know the power of us geek chicks who wield the machine to do our will. Wired, look a little wider for your demographic, you limit yourself and credibility!
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