Thanks for using my picture by the way! :) I completely agree and
in no area is this more obvious than gaming. It's amazing all the
games that are developed for teenage boys. When women are
acknowledged it's as "mommy's" not as people. We have a long way to
go! http://www.frequentlywrongbutneverindoubt.com

In a culture where men have dominated most of the "geeky" aspects
of technology (web development, software, hardware, etc.), as well
as the more primal nature of phallocentric language, it's no
surprise that we've come to a point, as a society, where women are
finally embracing the grassroots sphere of blogging as a way of
expressing ourselves. No, we aren't frequently recognized or
externally rewarded for our "unofficial" literature, but the very
act of writing serves a greater function - to bring the semiotic
into the public eye, thus questioning male dominance and subverting
the subject. So, keep writing, Lisa! We'll keep reading. ^-^ -Roz
http://www.myspace.com/freelilim

Back in 1945, when I graduated with a degree in Physics from
Wellesley College, I got a summer job doing research on induction
heating as a method for curing rubber. I think I got the job
because the owner of the business knew my family. It's true that
the full-time job I subsequently filled was just plotting points
and drawing graphs using stress data from drop tests done by the
male staff of the company. I was offered a more
interesting-sounding job in another city, but my fiancé asked me to
please remain at home with my parents! But that was more than 60
years ago! However, I still think there's a stigma attached to
women who choose to study Math, Science, Engineering, Etc. Men
should try to shed part of their traditional "protective" attitude
toward the "fair sex", maybe? Seeing women as equals and giving us
more problem-solving roles would be the answer, but maybe they're
scared of the competition!!!!! Male/female
relationships---eternally very tricky!!
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Lisa GULLY seems to be indulging in a favourite past-time:
"wallowing in victim-hood." Yet she quotes a basic &
fundamental gender difference: "... using software and inventing it
..." Until women qualify more in sciences, engineering, maths,
technology, HF communications, digital networking, they cannot be
included in the decision making that requires high level skills,
expertise & experience for making competent high-tech,
high-dollar, policies. No 'hidden patriarchy' has excluded them
from joining classes in these subjects. More likely it is a 'hidden
feminity' (as distinct from feminism) that has closed these doors
for them. Men are banned from opening these psychological doors
that preclude women from equal participation in the joys of
technology. Nearly 100% of male geeks rue these doors as well.

"Meanwhile, their celebrated girl-geek counterparts are nowhere to
be found." Nonsense. A partial list of counter-examples: Ugly Betty
Tina Fey on "30 Rock" Heather from "America's Next Top Model" Lisa
Simpson Leslie from "The Big Bang Theory" Nicole from "Beauty and
the Geek" Girl geeks are represented in the media if you just
bother to look for them. Furthermore, they're often the ones being
pursued yet reject their male counter-parts for being too geeky.
Lisa Simpson, has frequently turned down Milhouse, but has dated
Nelson. Sheldon had his heart broken by Leslie on "The Big Bang
Theory." And Nicole, despite being surrounded by beautiful women
and the self-proclaimed ugliest girl in the mansion was the most
sought after, yet when given the chance, asked the best-looking and
most mainstream of the geeks out to prom. This list of evidence
seems to contradict your thesis.