i am a liberal fan of freedom and equal rights - within reason.
i applaud the sentiment but this is just one of many symptoms of 'women don't like taking risks and don't like stem fields'
whats more i like to think that women are allowed that freedom of choice - so its a double edged sword.
the side effects suck but these scenarios /come from/ freedom and equal opportunities for women. why is nobody looking at cultures which are oppressive to women or have lower quality of life as counter examples? not only do they not have this kind of marketing... but actually more women enter stem fields and do 'male' traditional roles out of necessity or societal pressure.
its a horribly complicated problem. extra sad that i can't make a 'sexist' joke here as a punchline for fear of reprisal...
Did you even read the article? This has nothing to do with women entering stem fields. It's about how video game marketers exclude women from their target demographic.
Yes, I read it in its entirety. The key point it seems to make is that men made games for men and the marketers cottoned on to the trend and ran with it - this is precisely to do with women not entering stem fields (computer games development).
Also, since we are picking faults its about /why/ they are excluded. Its pretty damned obvious how it happens...
... and yes it is a shame that I can't make a joke about women complicating things. They do, its measurable, its funny, its not sexist unless you somehow assume that men are exempt from the same criticism, which they are not.
i applaud the sentiment but this is just one of many symptoms of 'women don't like taking risks and don't like stem fields'
whats more i like to think that women are allowed that freedom of choice - so its a double edged sword.
the side effects suck but these scenarios /come from/ freedom and equal opportunities for women. why is nobody looking at cultures which are oppressive to women or have lower quality of life as counter examples? not only do they not have this kind of marketing... but actually more women enter stem fields and do 'male' traditional roles out of necessity or societal pressure.
its a horribly complicated problem. extra sad that i can't make a 'sexist' joke here as a punchline for fear of reprisal...