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| − | Due to the small numbers of women in geek communities, people sometimes over-generalise and say there are none. "How come there are no women?" is a common refrain, often answered by women who say "What about me?" A related problem is that some participants angrily refute anyone who claims to be a woman. |
+ | Due to the small numbers of women in geek communities, people sometimes over-generalise and say there are none. "How come there are no women?" is a common refrain, often answered by women who say "What about me?" A related problem is that some participants angrily refute anyone who claims to be a woman, or become extremely excited about discovering women participants. (See [[Exceptionalism]].) |
== Examples == |
== Examples == |
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Revision as of 06:01, 10 March 2009
Overview
Due to the small numbers of women in geek communities, people sometimes over-generalise and say there are none. "How come there are no women?" is a common refrain, often answered by women who say "What about me?" A related problem is that some participants angrily refute anyone who claims to be a woman, or become extremely excited about discovering women participants. (See Exceptionalism.)
Examples
- Gamer Whitney Butts describes how men World of Warcraft players became angry when she used voice chat, insisting that her voice must belong to the girlfriend of a male player. [1]
- Press articles about LinuxChix, which has existed for ten years, frequently draw comments or even commentary from the authors themselves about how they have just now discovered that women use Linux and have a user group. Digg.com: LinuxChix.org - A linux community of WOMEN??