On Wed, Dec 8, 2010 at 11:40 AM, Josh Berry <tae...@gmail.com> wrote:
> On Wed, Dec 8, 2010 at 2:13 PM, Casper Bang <casper.b...@gmail.com> wrote: > > blown way out of proportion. What this thread *does* demonstrate to > > me, is how it's gotten to the point that one can not even suggest men > > and women may simply have different core interests (and thus > > strengths), without being labelled a Neanderthal male chauvinistic pig. > > > The problem is the implied topic for this thread. The idea that > something about me intrinsically makes me a better computer > user/programmer than my wife is incredibly suspect to me. Worse, the > idea that I might need to just tell my daughter that "maybe you just > aren't good at computers because you aren't my son" is insulting. > It's hard to claim that there is nothing genetic about it, though. It doesn't have to be offensive. I find "You don't have the mental capability" quite offensive, but what if genetics makes it so that the *interest* in this kind of activity is simply not there? Or maybe just a matter of taste, like food or color preference? Maybe I could be a great lawyer, I just don't have any interest in that profession, and it's probably for genetic and maybe gender related reasons. Why not extend this line of thought to computer science? -- Cédric -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "The Java Posse" group. To post to this group, send email to javapo...@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to javaposse+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/javaposse?hl=en.
