On 2020/03/18 13:01, John Paul Adrian Glaubitz wrote: >> You hit a very important aspect of privilege in your mail here that I'm >> not sure you're fully conscious of. Back in 1989, me and my little >> buddies were typing BASIC in to a ZX-Spectrum so that we can play new >> games. It was great and we learned a lot considering we were just 6 and >> 7 year olds. >> >> At the same time, the girls in our street were playing with dolls >> because you know, boys are supposed to play with Lego and computers and >> girls are supposed to play with dolls and pink tea sets. At least, >> that's the rules society systemically imposed on the world. Back then if >> there were a microcomputer in the house, girls typically got very little >> time on it. > > I was playing with dolls when I was a small kid, that didn't keep me from > becoming interested in computers. Several female physicists I know probably > played with dolls as well, yet they are what they are now.
I'm sure that you're smart enough to know that you're completely missing the point there. -Jonathan -- ⢀⣴⠾⠻⢶⣦⠀ Jonathan Carter (highvoltage) <jcc> ⣾⠁⢠⠒⠀⣿⡁ https://wiki.debian.org/highvoltage ⢿⡄⠘⠷⠚⠋ https://debian.org | https://jonathancarter.org ⠈⠳⣄⠀⠀⠀⠀ Be Bold. Be brave. Debian has got your back.