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Confusious

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4. Video games have been around for 40 years

Tue Oct 2, 2012, 12:23 PM

Oct 2012

I'm still surprised when a women says she likes video games.

after 40 years of change, you gotta think it's something more then gender roles.

There's something else going on.

Which, to be clear, relates back to women doing geek things.

The ones that get past that and decide to go into a techy field anyway rapidly discover that CS and IT fields are usually a hostile environment for women.

I've met a few women who did CS and tech stuff, and they held onto their jobs for quite a few years, so I don't think it's as wide spread as you point out.

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The Myth of Male Decline [View all] La Lioness Priyanka Oct 2012 OP

Agree! What is happening really will result in freeing men too & that's a good thing. nt patrice Oct 2012 #1

Eh, self delete Confusious Oct 2012 #2

It's mostly something else. JoeyT Oct 2012 #3

Video games have been around for 40 years Confusious Oct 2012 #4

If it isn't hostility to women, it could be devaluation of certain cognitive styles, e.g. patrice Oct 2012 #6

P.S. That is, they might ask for more money, when they'd REALLY settle for more REAL VALUE, like . . patrice Oct 2012 #7

Suicide rate in my county is up, particularly among middle-aged Caucasian males... KansDem Oct 2012 #5

The last few years have traces of the post WW2 "get back in the kitchen" Starry Messenger Oct 2012 #8

yeah in the guise of 'post-feminism' La Lioness Priyanka Oct 2012 #9

This exactly obamanut2012 Oct 2012 #10