chromaform

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by chromaform 13y ago
I certainly would not advocate using 'him' for failure and 'her' for success. I definitely would prefer to see neutral descriptors used in articles like these (as I implied downthread); when I wrote "using language
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by chromaform 13y ago
Why not simply use a neutral descriptor instead of a gendered one? If it is true that the author is as committed to the female pronoun as you suggest he is, isn't it therefore implied that he would only encourage such thoughtfulness at
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by chromaform 13y ago
One woman to another, might I remind you of the ill effects of arbitrarily mandating what is and is not healthy for all ladies! Your concern is noted but thankfully my constitution is such that I can certainly participate in a dialogue abou
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by chromaform 13y ago
Does anyone else find the author's stylistic choice of the generic 'her' throughout this article a little weird? I'm all for using language to erode stereotypes about the types of people involved in tech enterprise, so i
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by chromaform 13y ago
I must assume you are referring to the bibliography of Blindspot: Hidden Biases of Good People , although perhaps not, as the publishing dates of sources likely relevant to your query go back to at least the 1920s -- ex. Bogardus (1928, 19
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by chromaform 13y ago
"[Company] is looking to grow our team with energetic software engineers ready to take on the hardest challenges of their career. Day-to-day responsibilities include challenging and interesting work on algorithms, databases, web technologie
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by chromaform 13y ago
Yes, there is. An established area of research -- ethnology, and related fields like ethnomathematics and ethnography -- exists in social science disciplines to generate qualitative data in response to exactly these kinds of questions.