Goldman Sachs not only generously sponsors an event advocating female coding, but they also hand out free gifts that they think that women may appreciate (and if they don't it's not a far walk to the bin). Then they get slammed by a nobody on Instagram who only provided vitriol as her contribution. It's very clear who the actual problem is.
They are reinforcing stereotypes about women at an event whose purpose seems to be about breaking the stereotype of computer science being for men.
> "... they also hand out free gifts that they think that women may appreciate ..."
Why do you stress the fact that the gifts are things that particularly women may appreciate? I've never noticed that my female colleagues are more vain than men at work and need a mirror while programming. To get women into computer science for real, we need to stop with these gender stereotypes.
Seems relevant! For those of you who have never met a woman, they also have faces and nails just like us! What a thoughtful and anthropocentric gift :)
Now it's not like _only_ women have faces and nails, but hey a gift is a gift!
zamalek|12 years ago
lmnt|12 years ago
> "... they also hand out free gifts that they think that women may appreciate ..."
Why do you stress the fact that the gifts are things that particularly women may appreciate? I've never noticed that my female colleagues are more vain than men at work and need a mirror while programming. To get women into computer science for real, we need to stop with these gender stereotypes.
err4nt|12 years ago
Now it's not like _only_ women have faces and nails, but hey a gift is a gift!
judk|12 years ago
(Doesn't say if the t-shirts were women's cuts)
Google brought socks.
ohyes|12 years ago