A few miscellaneous notes (Score 2)

It is quite interesting to see how so far there has been very little evidence that anyone has even started to read the articles before posting a 'response.'

Anyway, does anybody remember the early history of computers, and the dearth of female computer programmers and users? Quite interestingly, women were there from the beginning, it was just that the men writing the histories made the decision to only focus on the men and their machines... Even though the first programmer was female, and the people responsible for making ENIAC (or was it UNIVAC?) work were almost all women.

Gender bias is real, and a serious problem. Take a look at the article on on line communication, and the different problems that are found in this supposedly 'equal' communications medium.

A person will remain biased whether they are communicating via a centuries old medium or a supposedly blank tabula rasa.

Slashdot is a pretty clear case in point, and fits very well within the descriptions of the masculine culture that dominates the internet today, according to that article.