http://www.blogistan.co.uk/blog/mt.php/2006/04/18/geeks_and_sexism Politics, tech and media issues from a Muslim perspective Thu, 09 Feb 2012 17:32:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 http://www.blogistan.co.uk/blog/mt.php/2006/04/18/geeks_and_sexism#comment-3015 The Neurocentric Fri, 21 Apr 2006 12:23:08 +0000 http://www.blogistan.co.uk/ijwp/mt.php/2006/04/18/geeks_and_sexism#comment-3015 When I was doing a lot of graphics work I would buy a magazine called "Computer Arts" - a major reason I stopped reading it was their use of the female form. It wasn't just the tutorials but also the adverts. Why does the packaging for a graphics card always have to feature a scantily-clad computer-generated pseudo-woman? Well, obviously I know the reason. All I am trying to say is that there certainly is a lot of sexism in the techie industries. When I was doing a lot of graphics work I would buy a magazine called “Computer Arts” - a major reason I stopped reading it was their use of the female form. It wasn’t just the tutorials but also the adverts. Why does the packaging for a graphics card always have to feature a scantily-clad computer-generated pseudo-woman? Well, obviously I know the reason. All I am trying to say is that there certainly is a lot of sexism in the techie industries.

]]> http://www.blogistan.co.uk/blog/mt.php/2006/04/18/geeks_and_sexism#comment-3014 JDsg Wed, 19 Apr 2006 05:02:48 +0000 http://www.blogistan.co.uk/ijwp/mt.php/2006/04/18/geeks_and_sexism#comment-3014 Geeks just gotta get out more. In college I had a friend who was an engineering major. One day he had to go over to the building on campus that housed the English department, but didn't know the way over. When we got there, he whispered to me, "Look at all the girls!" He was lucky if there were up to two women in any of his classes. Geeks just gotta get out more. In college I had a friend who was an engineering major. One day he had to go over to the building on campus that housed the English department, but didn’t know the way over. When we got there, he whispered to me, “Look at all the girls!” He was lucky if there were up to two women in any of his classes.

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