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* Phrasing which describes "geeks" as separate from "girls" sets up a false dichotomy in which there are no geek girls, and treats women as the "other" |
* Phrasing which describes "geeks" as separate from "girls" sets up a false dichotomy in which there are no geek girls, and treats women as the "other" |
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* [[Technical conferences]] may have [[Sexualized presentations]] which, through addressing a male audience, ignore the presence of women, treating them as "other" |
* [[Technical conferences]] may have [[Sexualized presentations]] which, through addressing a male audience, ignore the presence of women, treating them as "other" |
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| + | * http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Other |
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Revision as of 17:30, 18 June 2009
Othering is a process or a rhetorical device in which one group is seen as "us" and another group as "them". Generally, in geek circles, women are seen as the "other".
Examples
- Phrasing which describes "geeks" as separate from "girls" sets up a false dichotomy in which there are no geek girls, and treats women as the "other"
- Technical conferences may have Sexualized presentations which, through addressing a male audience, ignore the presence of women, treating them as "other"