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by jacalata 4577 days ago
I don't need to be CHALLENGED to increase my interactions with men in IT. Because IT is filled with men, I interact with them constantly. Perhaps a useful github would instead attempt to CHALLENGE the men in IT to interact with real women, instead of building up imaginary caricatures and basing complex worldviews on this without validating it. Sounds kind of waterfall, really, to build up so much theory before ever trying a real interaction.
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It sounds as though you do need to be challenged. These caricatures did not spring from nothing; there are reasons for them being used. Might they be bad reasons? Probably, but not definitely. Go deeper and interact more deeply with those men in IT with whom you claim to work alongside. What you find might surprise you and also give you a chance to bring about changes for the betterment of women, men, and IT workers generally.
The C+= project wasn't designed to challenge interactions between men and women. The C+= project is satire about the ideas of the feminist movement. The C+= project makes up caricatures about the feminist movement.