On 8/23/2017 9:14 PM, Rod Smallwood via cctalk wrote:
On 24/08/2017 04:10, Brian Walenz via cctalk wrote:
On Wed, Aug 23, 2017 at 8:59 PM, Al Kossow via cctalk
<cctalk@classiccmp.org
wrote:
"Nathan Ensmenger has observed"
he's written a whole book on the subject "The Computer Boys Take Over"
https://mitpress.mit.edu/books/computer-boys-take-over
And:
"Recording Gender", Janet Abbate (also mentioned in the article)
https://mitpress.mit.edu/books/recoding-gender
"Programmed Inequality", Marie Hicks
https://mitpress.mit.edu/books/programmed-inequality
b
Many of the first computers ie people who performed computations were
indeed women.
Hence they knew the steps involved in proceeding from data to answer.
When it came time for computations to be performed by a machine it
would be their job to get the machine to repeat what they did.
I am all for female equality (but not superiority)
The main reason for the unbalance is the same in all work situations.
Its called Maternal Dropout.
Women are genetically programmed to be mothers and child care
specialists.
They have a built in urge to do so. So often expensive education or
training is wasted by this compulsion.
They are just good at single simple or multi-step complex repeated
tasks or multi tasking.
These are the main requirements for this vital job. They will all tell
you that is the case
Once programming moved from formal analysis and form filling eg COBOL
into an interactive creative activity requiring unitary focus women
had to work much harder to compete.
Can women be good programmers. Certainly, but they are hampered by
natural forces that they have to overcome.
Men just move into the vacuum caused by this situation.
Well, this is the stupidest thing I've read today.
- Josh
Rod
