I spoke about @proginequality at Google; a listener still proposed biological essentialism after hearing a whole history proving otherwise. https://twitter.com/andersen/status/894179156015054848 …
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Replying to @histoftech @proginequality
Which is just to say, this isn't a matter of just enlightening people w/facts. As
@ibogost notes, some just want to see women as inferior.3 replies 27 retweets 114 likes -
There's a lot of benefit in these hierarchies for those at the top. As I often say: in computing, sexism (& racism) is a feature; not a bug.
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Replying to @histoftech @proginequality
And, you might be surprised to learn the person proposing women's bio inferiority was a woman. That's how structural discrimination works:
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Replying to @histoftech @proginequality
It seeps into all of us. We must constantly guard ourselves against becoming foot soldiers in the war against truth & our own best interests
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Replying to @histoftech @proginequality
Here's a full recounting of my response to the question I was asked at Google. Biological essentialism is disproved at every turn by historypic.twitter.com/tHyBAvhhXN
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Replying to @histoftech @proginequality
Is there a recording of your talk?
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Replying to @mattcasey @proginequality
There is--Google plans to put it on their YouTube channel. Not sure when, but I gave similar talk at
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The link to the Oxford talk video recording is the third one on the page. Thanks for your interest!
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