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Where are all the women?

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    Lilian Chan Grant
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    Every time I logon, I never see female names associated with posts? Do you fellas just alienate females? Lilian ;P

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      Every time I logon, I never see female names associated with posts? Do you fellas just alienate females? Lilian ;P

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      Lilian Chan-Grant wrote: Do you fellas just alienate females? Yup. That or force them to act and pick names that make them seem masculine. If we're *really* bored, we try to "out" them as really being men. It's all in good fun... :D

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        Every time I logon, I never see female names associated with posts? Do you fellas just alienate females? Lilian ;P

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        Lilian Chan-Grant wrote: Do you fellas just alienate females? Yes we do. We are just a bunch of lonely geeks who would not know how to properly treat a lady to save our lives. That is why we spend all day, every day, here on CP. ;P ;P


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        • L Lilian Chan Grant

          Every time I logon, I never see female names associated with posts? Do you fellas just alienate females? Lilian ;P

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          Cute Tongue, Lilian :cool: We mostly alienate males posing as females. Real females alienated are just collateral damage. Tough is the life of a programmer.


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            Every time I logon, I never see female names associated with posts? Do you fellas just alienate females? Lilian ;P

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            natalie morales
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            Here's one. I've noticed the same thing as well actually. Being on CP is like being at work. I can easily go the entire day without seeing another woman.

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            • L Lilian Chan Grant

              Every time I logon, I never see female names associated with posts? Do you fellas just alienate females? Lilian ;P

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              Daniel Turini
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              I think that females hate C++. Never saw a female C++ STL programmer. Concussus surgo. When struck I rise.

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                I think that females hate C++. Never saw a female C++ STL programmer. Concussus surgo. When struck I rise.

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                ;ight be females are just to clever to use such a strange library ;)


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                  ;ight be females are just to clever to use such a strange library ;)


                  You don't need to sleep to see a nightmare  Anne Clark   [sighist]

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                  Christian Graus
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                  Hey - don't go dissing the STL, boy !!!! Christian We're just observing the seasonal migration from VB to VC. Most of these birds will be killed by predators or will die of hunger. Only the best will survive - Tomasz Sowinski 29-07-2002 ( on the number of newbie posters in the VC forum ) Cats, and most other animals apart from mad cows can write fully functional vb code. - Simon Walton - 6-Aug-2002

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                    Here's one. I've noticed the same thing as well actually. Being on CP is like being at work. I can easily go the entire day without seeing another woman.

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                    Christian Graus
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                    natalie morales wrote: Being on CP is like being at work. I can easily go the entire day without seeing another woman. Yeah, my work is like that too :( Christian We're just observing the seasonal migration from VB to VC. Most of these birds will be killed by predators or will die of hunger. Only the best will survive - Tomasz Sowinski 29-07-2002 ( on the number of newbie posters in the VC forum ) Cats, and most other animals apart from mad cows can write fully functional vb code. - Simon Walton - 6-Aug-2002

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                      Every time I logon, I never see female names associated with posts? Do you fellas just alienate females? Lilian ;P

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                      There have been a couple who posted regularly ( Cathy and Lauren ) and a couple of 12 year old boys using female names. I suspect also that the feeling of being mostly all male from time to time prompts a discussion in the soapbox of how confusing the female sex is to us, which then alienates the women who ARE here, and the cycle continues. Unless you're going to break it, of course :rose: Christian We're just observing the seasonal migration from VB to VC. Most of these birds will be killed by predators or will die of hunger. Only the best will survive - Tomasz Sowinski 29-07-2002 ( on the number of newbie posters in the VC forum ) Cats, and most other animals apart from mad cows can write fully functional vb code. - Simon Walton - 6-Aug-2002

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                        There have been a couple who posted regularly ( Cathy and Lauren ) and a couple of 12 year old boys using female names. I suspect also that the feeling of being mostly all male from time to time prompts a discussion in the soapbox of how confusing the female sex is to us, which then alienates the women who ARE here, and the cycle continues. Unless you're going to break it, of course :rose: Christian We're just observing the seasonal migration from VB to VC. Most of these birds will be killed by predators or will die of hunger. Only the best will survive - Tomasz Sowinski 29-07-2002 ( on the number of newbie posters in the VC forum ) Cats, and most other animals apart from mad cows can write fully functional vb code. - Simon Walton - 6-Aug-2002

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                        :-O

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                        • L Lilian Chan Grant

                          Every time I logon, I never see female names associated with posts? Do you fellas just alienate females? Lilian ;P

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                          Lilian, I have found CP to be (usually) good, but often keep a neutral profile because of the nubmer of times I have been told (often by a 17 year old !) that if I am a good programmer then I can't be a woman ! I have BB (my bear) on my profiles because when I go on the net I get less A/S/L (age/sex/location) messages ! One thing I like about CP is that you don't get that kind of thing but CP is the exception. Elaine :rose: Would you like to meet my teddy bear ?

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                            Lilian Chan-Grant wrote: Do you fellas just alienate females? Yup. That or force them to act and pick names that make them seem masculine. If we're *really* bored, we try to "out" them as really being men. It's all in good fun... :D

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                            And I'm going to out you as really being a gerbil ;P Elaine :rose: Would you like to meet my teddy bear ?

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                              I think that females hate C++. Never saw a female C++ STL programmer. Concussus surgo. When struck I rise.

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                              I wish all my software was in C++, but company policy pushes me towards Labview :(( Elaine :rose: Would you like to meet my teddy bear ?

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                                There have been a couple who posted regularly ( Cathy and Lauren ) and a couple of 12 year old boys using female names. I suspect also that the feeling of being mostly all male from time to time prompts a discussion in the soapbox of how confusing the female sex is to us, which then alienates the women who ARE here, and the cycle continues. Unless you're going to break it, of course :rose: Christian We're just observing the seasonal migration from VB to VC. Most of these birds will be killed by predators or will die of hunger. Only the best will survive - Tomasz Sowinski 29-07-2002 ( on the number of newbie posters in the VC forum ) Cats, and most other animals apart from mad cows can write fully functional vb code. - Simon Walton - 6-Aug-2002

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                                Christian, thats a very good point and one reason why I would LOVE to have a hug emoticon. Please Chris, do it :) Elaine :rose: Would you like to meet my teddy bear ?

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                                  And I'm going to out you as really being a gerbil ;P Elaine :rose: Would you like to meet my teddy bear ?

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                                  Hey, *watch it*! I'm a hamster! de de de da de dado do... :rolleyes:

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                                    natalie morales wrote: Being on CP is like being at work. I can easily go the entire day without seeing another woman. Yeah, my work is like that too :( Christian We're just observing the seasonal migration from VB to VC. Most of these birds will be killed by predators or will die of hunger. Only the best will survive - Tomasz Sowinski 29-07-2002 ( on the number of newbie posters in the VC forum ) Cats, and most other animals apart from mad cows can write fully functional vb code. - Simon Walton - 6-Aug-2002

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                                    Ahhh,,,but I'd imagine it bothers us for entirely different reasons. My company has had a couple other female programmers but they've all quit or been laid off. There is one left but she's quitting at the end of the month.

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                                      Christian, thats a very good point and one reason why I would LOVE to have a hug emoticon. Please Chris, do it :) Elaine :rose: Would you like to meet my teddy bear ?

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                                      Christian Graus
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                                      BTW my apologies for forgetting you as a female CP regular... :rose: Christian We're just observing the seasonal migration from VB to VC. Most of these birds will be killed by predators or will die of hunger. Only the best will survive - Tomasz Sowinski 29-07-2002 ( on the number of newbie posters in the VC forum ) Cats, and most other animals apart from mad cows can write fully functional vb code. - Simon Walton - 6-Aug-2002

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                                        Lilian, I have found CP to be (usually) good, but often keep a neutral profile because of the nubmer of times I have been told (often by a 17 year old !) that if I am a good programmer then I can't be a woman ! I have BB (my bear) on my profiles because when I go on the net I get less A/S/L (age/sex/location) messages ! One thing I like about CP is that you don't get that kind of thing but CP is the exception. Elaine :rose: Would you like to meet my teddy bear ?

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                                        Trollslayer wrote: I have found CP to be (usually) good, but often keep a neutral profile because of the nubmer of times I have been told (often by a 17 year old !) that if I am a good programmer then I can't be a woman ! ROTFL !!! Someone else here ( I think it was Elaine ) said that the female receptionist at her work once commented that girls 'just aren't good at that technical stuff'. To her credit, I don't think she smacked this girl in the eye. It's funny how many of these sexist perceptions are continued by women themselves. 'I'm a girl, and I'm not good at computers, ergo it's just that girls can't do that sort of thing.' By that rationale, I presume that men are no good at sport or doing odd jobs around the house. Christian P.S. Oh, crap. I think I just told you about something that happened to you !!!! It's still early here, or at least it feels like it after my kids woke me at 4 am to poke me in the eye with a book and say 'daddy, read this'. We're just observing the seasonal migration from VB to VC. Most of these birds will be killed by predators or will die of hunger. Only the best will survive - Tomasz Sowinski 29-07-2002 ( on the number of newbie posters in the VC forum ) Cats, and most other animals apart from mad cows can write fully functional vb code. - Simon Walton - 6-Aug-2002

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                                          Ahhh,,,but I'd imagine it bothers us for entirely different reasons. My company has had a couple other female programmers but they've all quit or been laid off. There is one left but she's quitting at the end of the month.

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                                          Is the one left you, or besides you ? Are the females being especially laid off or finding they want to quit ? Christian We're just observing the seasonal migration from VB to VC. Most of these birds will be killed by predators or will die of hunger. Only the best will survive - Tomasz Sowinski 29-07-2002 ( on the number of newbie posters in the VC forum ) Cats, and most other animals apart from mad cows can write fully functional vb code. - Simon Walton - 6-Aug-2002

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