Gender, what is that???
However, I do not find this true with gender. Gender does not
exist in slashdot, I believe this is mainly due to the fact that
most geeks are male. One of the key things about geeks is that
they are enthusiasts of technology. Most new digital technology
is made by, for and consumed by males. This leaves very little
room for the feminine voice.
So
why is there no gender, if I say males exist in slashdot? Well
in a foucaudian sense the powers at bay leave feminism to
the fishes, cast aside, to not exist… Not be known and
not be thought about. If a female does participate within slashdot,
her feminism is often left at the door for reasons I have yet
to determine. However, there are exceptions, I just haven’t
found them yet in the slashdot archives, but they must exists,
shouldn’t they???
Gender
is one thing that mass media would prefer to be polarized;
for the sake of control and suppression, the act of creating
an “other” to be dominated, slashdot does not stand
in the way of this force. By not offering a true voice for the
feminist Slashdot holds true with the rest of the scientific
world by re enforcing women’s place with the scientific
community as helpers not leaders. Although I wish I had some
redeeming point to make about this topic, I feel that slashdot
has a long way to go with gender equality.