Re: debian and women? from DWN #10
On 2004-03-25, Number Six penned:
> On Thu, Mar 25, 2004 at 01:30:15PM +0000, timg wrote:
>> find that I do have a certain amount of trepidation when posting
>> technical difficulties. I dont know why tho. probably looking an ass
>> in public when you discover the answer was right under your nose (and
>> fifty people point it out) is the main concern. I
>
> I like that aspect of a technical community -- it encourages
> rigorousness, which helps me primarily -- I know I'd better ask a
> useful question. The stereotype is that this is a male characteristic
> and females are nurturing, but it is a useful characteristic
> nonetheless.
I didn't know that rigor was a stereotypically male characteristic, or
that its opposite is the ability to nurture ...
Oh, wait. Did you mean that the tendency to point out mistakes in a
not-necessarily-delicate manner was a "masculine" characteristic? That
parses out a little better.
--
monique
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