Comments on: “She’s a smart girl. Just give her some time.” http://www.shessuchageek.com/2006/12/19/shes-a-smart-girl-just-give-her-some-time/ Thu, 20 Nov 2008 23:27:26 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.0.5 by: Liz Henry http://www.shessuchageek.com/2006/12/19/shes-a-smart-girl-just-give-her-some-time/#comment-273 Wed, 20 Dec 2006 03:04:42 +0000 http://www.shessuchageek.com/2006/12/19/shes-a-smart-girl-just-give-her-some-time/#comment-273 I read through a bunch of Natali's posts and the responses by commenters. It was pretty annoying. Even some of the guys who tell the most egregiously sexist guys that their comments are annoying do it by telling them that they're "pussies". I read through a bunch of Natali’s posts and the responses by commenters. It was pretty annoying. Even some of the guys who tell the most egregiously sexist guys that their comments are annoying do it by telling them that they’re “pussies”.

]]> by: amy http://www.shessuchageek.com/2006/12/19/shes-a-smart-girl-just-give-her-some-time/#comment-266 Tue, 19 Dec 2006 20:07:41 +0000 http://www.shessuchageek.com/2006/12/19/shes-a-smart-girl-just-give-her-some-time/#comment-266 For that reason, I rarely use my name when I post info/advice on a tech forum or list. (or when I am asking for help in a tech forum, for that matter). I've come to learn that the dynamics are pretty different when my gender is evident. Of course this just perpetuates the problem...but I'm tired of dealing with it. For that reason, I rarely use my name when I post info/advice on a tech forum or list. (or when I am asking for help in a tech forum, for that matter). I’ve come to learn that the dynamics are pretty different when my gender is evident.
Of course this just perpetuates the problem…but I’m tired of dealing with it.

]]> by: Deanna http://www.shessuchageek.com/2006/12/19/shes-a-smart-girl-just-give-her-some-time/#comment-265 Tue, 19 Dec 2006 19:21:50 +0000 http://www.shessuchageek.com/2006/12/19/shes-a-smart-girl-just-give-her-some-time/#comment-265 I had a similar experience with my blogging on AlterNet... it caused me enough irritation to not really want to do it anymore. My experience tho, was that whenever I'd write about technology, I'd get mostly constructive comments... but if I wrote about feminism (my other "beat"), I was often an insane, castrating harpie. Errr... right...! Annalee wrote that great article about her Slashdot experience... lemme find it... http://www.alternet.org/story/34819/ and I later followed up with a really bizarre Digg experience (albeit, not personal like hers was!), at http://www.alternet.org/blogs/themix/35880/ What women are often told is that we just don't have thick enough skin to hack being hardcore writers in the online world. What's more often the case that we have to endure all this personal BS, which would kill anyone's zest for putting themselves out there. /ramble /rant ;-) I had a similar experience with my blogging on AlterNet… it caused me enough irritation to not really want to do it anymore. My experience tho, was that whenever I’d write about technology, I’d get mostly constructive comments… but if I wrote about feminism (my other “beat”), I was often an insane, castrating harpie. Errr… right…!

Annalee wrote that great article about her Slashdot experience… lemme find it… http://www.alternet.org/story/34819/ and I later followed up with a really bizarre Digg experience (albeit, not personal like hers was!), at http://www.alternet.org/blogs/themix/35880/

What women are often told is that we just don’t have thick enough skin to hack being hardcore writers in the online world. What’s more often the case that we have to endure all this personal BS, which would kill anyone’s zest for putting themselves out there.

/ramble
/rant ;-)

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