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[โ€“] drosophila@lemmy.blahaj.zone 13 points 10 hours ago (6 children)

I don't understand the "computer girl" one, did the technician think that her being a woman meant she was doing computer science instead of physics?

[โ€“] Nikophos@lemmy.ca 7 points 5 hours ago* (last edited 5 hours ago)

If a man told you he worked with computers, it'd be odd to raise an eyebrow and respond "Are you some kind of computer boy?". The technician treated this woman's work as something special because she was a woman. In other words: A man that works with a computer is still just a man. A woman that works with a computer must be something special, a computer girl.

And bonus points for calling her a girl, which is just a little bit more infantilizing.

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