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 Women Dig TechnologyPosted on Apr 16, 2009
The notion that men dominate all-things-nerd is a complete myth, according to a new consumer research report that found that single women in North America are all about laptops, video games and digital cameras. So the next time you’re shopping for that special lady, don’t think book, think Kindle.
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By NYCartist, April 20, 2009 at 6:53 am Link to this comment
Bubba,
I’m a woman and some of my fancypants.
Report thisBy Karl, April 19, 2009 at 2:40 pm Link to this comment
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Are you shilling for the electronics industry?
“Hey guys, women love gadgets! Go buy some gadgets for your women!”
The annual Game Developer salary survey paints a different picture. It reports that only three percent of game programmers are female.
Last year, the American Institute of Physics reported that
the percentage of women earning bachelor degrees in computer science has been declining.
I just watched Chris Hedges insult the Huffington Post on C-SPAN, claiming it was not doing any serious journalism. That may be true, but apparently Truthdig is just as much of a rag. Digging beneath the headlines? Hardly.
Report thisBy GW=MCHammered, April 18, 2009 at 8:20 am Link to this comment
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When are big screen OLED TVs gonna be readily available in the US? Tired of watching other countries race ahead of us because corp and gov heads sleep in shared global beds. Export insatiable globalist$ today.
Report thisBy user, April 18, 2009 at 3:46 am Link to this comment
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Cool, consumer research found that it’s normal to be a girl and like gadgets. I am a girl. I like gadgets. This girl is going to go out and get herself some gadgets! Yay!
Report thisBy Bubba, April 17, 2009 at 7:38 pm Link to this comment
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NYCartist:
Too-shay you shoe wearin’ fancypants!
Report thisBy NYCartist, April 17, 2009 at 2:41 pm Link to this comment
Bubba, s/he might if s/he had some clothing to iron.
Report thisBy mlb, April 17, 2009 at 1:56 pm Link to this comment
Another myth that scientific research has dispelled but which doesn’t seem to have penetrated the public consciousness yet is that women are inferior to men at math.
Differences in math test scores between boys and girls found consistently in previous decades have now all but vanished. It seems the disparity was due to social differences rather than innate differences in ability. See, for instance, “Gender Similarities Characterize Math Performance” Science July 25, 2008.
Report thisBy Bubba, April 17, 2009 at 10:19 am Link to this comment
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Hell, mine ain’t learnt how to iron yet!
Report thisBy NYCartist, April 17, 2009 at 9:12 am Link to this comment
And some are old, married women. Someone who is an older woman uses a handheld game player to watch movies, not play games and came to the computer as a senior citizen, due to a variety of circumstances, as well as a digital camera. Not proficient at any of them,yet but learning.
The same myths (debunked by this article) about women used to exist in art, and science, also.
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