[krapp]

There is a bias against the value of design in FOSS, the dismissive attitude described does exist, but I don't think that bias is gender based. The argument draws from outdated principles about gender division where "female" = "artistic/emotional/right-brain" and "male" = "scientific/rational/left-brain", concluding that HTML and CSS being "layout" makes them "design" and therefore more "feminine."

But HTML and CSS aren't art, nor is layout a "creative" activity. HTML and CSS are configuration. They're no more feminine than JSON or a Lua table. I don't think there's ever been a time where, even if the gender bias described existed, it was ever applied in the way described.

[torben-friis]

Yes, I absolutely agree with that.

Graphic designers tend to be pretty well respected, even though they are also very underrepresented and needed in the FOSS community. People that mainly work with HTML and CSS are less valued because they're seen as mere "transcribers" of the design made elsewhere, or at least that's my perception.

[someone7x]

Reminds me of the "You're just a tracer!" scene from Chasing Amy.