BoberFett
Lifer
- Oct 9, 1999
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I'm confident my daughter will end up in a STEM program of some sort. She's going into her junior year of HS and is a total nerd. Doesn't give a crap about "teenage girl" stuff, she'd rather be watching Marvel movies and shows, LoTR, Star Trek or playing WoW. She bounces around exactly what she would like to do, at one point she was talking about working towards an astrophysics degree, right now she's thinking about software development.
If I had any concerns about that environment I'd be worried for her, but I'm not. Maybe we're just higher quality humans here in the midwest than the assholes who live on the coasts. I've never seen any evidence of the kind of behavior that some claim is so commonplace. And I'm not just a nerd stuck in a cube, I'm a manager and have spent a lot of time out in the industry, going to conferences, working with vendors, being a vendor. I've worked with lots of women in various capacities and they're treated just like any other employee. I simply don't see the overt sexism that some claim is everywhere. Is there light sexism, such as guys fawning over techie girls just because they're girls? Sure. But the media is painting this picture that a woman who goes to a tech conference has a 100% chance being gang raped. I don't buy it.
If I had any concerns about that environment I'd be worried for her, but I'm not. Maybe we're just higher quality humans here in the midwest than the assholes who live on the coasts. I've never seen any evidence of the kind of behavior that some claim is so commonplace. And I'm not just a nerd stuck in a cube, I'm a manager and have spent a lot of time out in the industry, going to conferences, working with vendors, being a vendor. I've worked with lots of women in various capacities and they're treated just like any other employee. I simply don't see the overt sexism that some claim is everywhere. Is there light sexism, such as guys fawning over techie girls just because they're girls? Sure. But the media is painting this picture that a woman who goes to a tech conference has a 100% chance being gang raped. I don't buy it.