Tearing Down and Reinforcing Gender Stereotypes, All in One Sentence
February 4th, 2008, 14 Comments »
I was just re-reading a whitepaper I’m writing, and encountered this sentence:
If the lead developer on an open source project takes maternity leave, there aren’t necessarily resources to replace her.
I made a software enthusiast female–yay! And yet she’s threatening the project to go have babies–boo!
Fear not, this is just the first draft, but I had to laugh at my own, uh, misguidedness.