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by senorprogrammer
2194 days ago
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I find the use of “she” throughout your site when referring to an automated code process to be fairly strange. I suspect you’re trying to add levity and personality, but it’s an odd thing to assign gender to. Perhaps consider replacing those with “it”? |
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> Danger keeps getting referred to as “her/she”, what gives?
> When we were in the naming process of Danger, we went through a lot of names. In the end, it got named after Gem “Danger” McShane, who was involved in both the copy and the concept. While not a programmer herself, she’s helped out with trying to understand the personality behind the project. Danger, the project, is a female, northern UK, command-line app into 80’s punk/indie. Inspired by community efforts like the Haçienda / Factory Records.
> Understandably, applying a gender to a genderless concept comes with it’s own complications. To make it worse, female genders tend to be applied towards “digital assistants” which should raise questions on outdated-but-still-persisting gender stereotypes and patriarchical power structures. There is no answer that can completely absolve the disconnect I’m afraid.
https://danger.systems/guides/faq.html#danger-keeps-getting-...