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Totally WTF? What is a "mechanical operation" in relation to software?

Pink mowse.pngGodotGrow a vagina05:06, 25 February 2012

Do 'girls' actually like this kind of shit? Do they really go "hm, I like this task managing software, but if only it came in pink and had other stereotypical, condescending aspects..."?

Nihilist (talk)05:10, 25 February 2012

hum... **girls** probably do. there is a lot of pressure on "tweens" and younger to be girly. lots of "you don't fit in", and "tomboy" if you dont' like pink, dolls, and unicorns.

I don't knwo how you change, that, cept one mother&father at a time.

Pink mowse.pngGodotGrow a vagina05:12, 25 February 2012

Well, yeah, obviously societal pressures and influences are a huge factor. There's no biological reason for girls to be attracted to the color pink.

This shit makes me so angry because it propagates the 'men are generic, women are special' meme. Regular software is for men -- 'girls' need special, 'girly' software. It makes me want to say the word 'fuck'.

I hope I'll have children someday, just so I can be all liberal and progressive and be like "I'm going against The Man, man!"

Nihilist (talk)05:16, 25 February 2012

i think it's the opposite meme. "men are normal, and girls need to be treated 'softly'."

also, "computers are for boys", "as are cars, and science, and rockets, and math and..."

Pink mowse.pngGodotGrow a vagina05:28, 25 February 2012

"i think it's the opposite meme. "men are normal, and girls need to be treated 'softly'."" That's what I was saying.

Another thing that pisses me off: sports are gendered, and what makes it especially egregious is the types of sports that males and females can take are almost always different. Fuck.

An American Nihilist (talk)05:35, 25 February 2012
 

"i think it's the opposite meme. "men are normal, and girls need to be treated 'softly'."" That's what I was saying.

Another thing that pisses me off: sports are gendered, and what makes it especially egregious is the types of sports that males and females can take are almost always different. Fuck.

Fallacy2 (talk)05:35, 25 February 2012

Yep. and it would seem like there are many that should be basically co-ed, especially though middle school and even early highschool.

Track, cross country, golf (not s sport, but still), diving - why can't boys and girls compete in diving? i'm sure there's more. we should be encourging co-ed, not reducing it.

Pink mowse.pngGodotGrow a vagina05:46, 25 February 2012

We should bring that up in the Sports article. I mean, shit, if they're going to segregate the sports, they should at least fucking make sure both sexes have a team. I mean, I'm pretty not only males like to play football.

Fallacy2 (talk)05:51, 25 February 2012
 
 
 

What? No biological reason for girls to like pink? You fool, they evolved to like pink!

Nebuchadnezzar (talk)06:08, 25 February 2012
 
 
 
 
 
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