Feminists

JoeyT

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3. It's mostly something else.

Tue Oct 2, 2012, 11:56 AM

Oct 2012

Several somethings, really.

First and foremost are gender roles: Women supposedly aren't into nerdy stuff. Any that show interest in it catch hell for stepping outside of preconceived notions of gender as only kids can dish it out.

The ones that get past that and decide to go into a techy field anyway rapidly discover that CS and IT fields are usually a hostile environment for women.

If they're conventionally attractive they're pestered incessantly by "Nice Guys", if they're not conventionally attractive they're utterly ignored. It doesn't most people long to bail on a situation like that.

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The Myth of Male Decline [View all] La Lioness Priyanka Oct 2012 OP

Agree! What is happening really will result in freeing men too & that's a good thing. nt patrice Oct 2012 #1

Eh, self delete Confusious Oct 2012 #2

It's mostly something else. JoeyT Oct 2012 #3

Video games have been around for 40 years Confusious Oct 2012 #4

If it isn't hostility to women, it could be devaluation of certain cognitive styles, e.g. patrice Oct 2012 #6

P.S. That is, they might ask for more money, when they'd REALLY settle for more REAL VALUE, like . . patrice Oct 2012 #7

Suicide rate in my county is up, particularly among middle-aged Caucasian males... KansDem Oct 2012 #5

The last few years have traces of the post WW2 "get back in the kitchen" Starry Messenger Oct 2012 #8

yeah in the guise of 'post-feminism' La Lioness Priyanka Oct 2012 #9

This exactly obamanut2012 Oct 2012 #10