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My young, white, and nerdy boys, let me show you them

raincoaster — Sun, 27 Apr 2008 01:39:10 PDT

@Patricia2: It's just that women are underrepresented in the circle jerks which have controlled the public perception of the internet. The idea is twenty years out of date, but damnably persistent.

I got into a big argument on a British political site about why all the political bloggers are men...well, only MOST of the prominent ones are, because they're all bloody MPs for god's sake. Or they're connected with MPs in useful career ways. Duh, it's a reflection of the gender hegemony outside the internet, not something to do with what's actually going on online.

But it's really resistant to eradication, even in the face of statistics.

raincoaster

My young, white, and nerdy boys, let me show you them

banane — Sat, 26 Apr 2008 15:34:43 PDT

regardling mathlete: [en.wikipedia.org]

some barbie dolls talk about war, essentially.

Why women aren't at roflcon... or why is it always the question.. the white/male guilt is awesome amongs the 250, and the reasons? women aren't spending time learning ajax. They like to crochet. They'll stay warm when the big one hits.

banane

My young, white, and nerdy boys, let me show you them

Patricia2 — Sat, 26 Apr 2008 11:45:51 PDT

@matto, I don't really understand what you mean but no, of course not. Isn't the article about how there aren't any women online or something and that the industry is ignoring the market? I had to reread the article a couple of times, but that's what I thought it meant?

Patricia2

My young, white, and nerdy boys, let me show you them

matto — Sat, 26 Apr 2008 10:33:29 PDT

@Patricia2: Are you really suggesting that women will buy any sort of shiny bauble you shove in front of their faces?

matto

My young, white, and nerdy boys, let me show you them

Patricia2 — Sat, 26 Apr 2008 06:29:14 PDT

Statistically, women internet users are outpacing all overall users (male or female), are more interactive and make more of the buying decisions. Keep thinking otherwise boys :) You're making it easy for me to make money.

Patricia2