Sexism in tech reporting
Dave Winer over at Scripting News:
[…] there is a story in today’s NYT that says the new-new Twitter interface was designed for the author’s sister. Never mind, for the moment, what the article says about his sister — what is this headline supposed to convey? Would it convey the same idea if it said the product was designed for a brother? Obviously, not.
A perfect example of fundamentally sexist language or phrasing in our culture that goes completely unchallenged. Winer sums it up perfectly in his closing statement:
[…] stop using women as examples of confused computer users.
Yes. Let’s.
