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Even if my assumption were sexist; what is the issue? I'd love to know who I am hurting or offending by assuming that someone is a guy (which I was right about...).
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You're offending all female programmers because you automatically assumed that he was actually a male. It doesn't matter that males make up the majority, or that it's a stereotype, you can't ignore the fact that you are overlooking the minority of programmers, those who are female. What is the issue with this? This discourages females from pursuing a future in IT, because it continues to confirm gender roles that programmers should be males.
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Now if I went around saying/stereotyping that Fysez is an awful programmer because of his(her) gender. Or if I said that I don't think women should be programmers because males are naturally better. Or maybe if I stated that I don't believe that Fysez is actually a girl, simply on the basis that (s)he is a programmer, then yes, that would be incredibly sexist.
But thats not what I did, the only information I had about Fysez was that he was interested in a career field that is overwhelmingly (males outnumber women like 9 - 1 or something around there), and decided that it is probably more likely that Fysez is a guy.
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Fysez claimed to be female before this thread was made, but you assumed that he was a male before this (unless you meant that you believe him to be telling the truth that he is a male and never knew he was a female before this thread).
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I have a feeling that this definition means more towards what I posted above; when your actions reflect stereotypes that you believe.
Women are bad programmers, is a stereotype.
Programming being a predominately male field is not a stereotype, its a fact.
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Yes I agree with you that programming is mostly made up of males, but if someone says they are a female in programming you shouldn't think they're lying just because of that statistic.
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If you want to get butthurt about that, its cool with me cause I really don't care. Just seems like a silly thing to be sensitive about to me when I wasn't doing anything wrong, and no one was actually offended.
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Don't say butthurt, its a derogatory term referring to raping. This could trigger someone, and yes words can leave nasty scars or make someone extremely uncomfortable. You don't care because it's not affecting YOU, females are the ones being looked over as unfit for a career in programming. This affects real people. How do you know no one was actually offended?
http://persephonemagazine.com/2013/0...term-butthurt/
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This is especially common with younger people who are wrapped up with the idea with political correctness and watching others feelings; and I am pretty sure Platinum is under 16 so this would be totally understandable.
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I'm glad younger people want to be more politically correct and for everyone to watch other peoples feelings.