I simply don't believe that making a fuss and saying that things are unfair really helps anything. We all know it isn't.
See, for me, in my experience, that is totally untrue. Far from seing women make a fuss, I see women minimalise unfairness or outright deny that it exists. "It's not more difficult to be a woman in computer science: women just don't like it/aren't apt in that field/are naturally more interested in the arts."
"There aren't any problems in the workplace anymore; women just get paid less because they take more time off/are less productive/are less career oriented than men."
"Women are just less aggressive than men, so of course they don't get ahead in business. And they aren't less agressive because of socialisation, it's all in the genes!"
It's crap and I'm sick of it, and that's why I make noises about things being unfair, and that's why I think it's important to shout about feminism from the rooftops and encourage girls in Engineering, because people aren't aware about it and they do deny it, women included, women especially.
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Date: 2007-10-04 08:26 pm (UTC)See, for me, in my experience, that is totally untrue. Far from seing women make a fuss, I see women minimalise unfairness or outright deny that it exists. "It's not more difficult to be a woman in computer science: women just don't like it/aren't apt in that field/are naturally more interested in the arts."
"There aren't any problems in the workplace anymore; women just get paid less because they take more time off/are less productive/are less career oriented than men."
"Women are just less aggressive than men, so of course they don't get ahead in business. And they aren't less agressive because of socialisation, it's all in the genes!"
It's crap and I'm sick of it, and that's why I make noises about things being unfair, and that's why I think it's important to shout about feminism from the rooftops and encourage girls in Engineering, because people aren't aware about it and they do deny it, women included, women especially.