Kelly Lynn Martin wrote:
>
> On Tue, 15 Feb 2000 17:12:24 -0500 (EST), srl <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> said:
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> >Well, it might; in a society where money is power, if you promote
> >computers as the way to get money, and girls learn to work with
> >technology, then those females will advance in social status.
>
> But girls aren't socialized to seek power. They're socialized to seek
> security. Aggregation of power is a male thing, or so we're told.
Females who choose to advance in social status typically choose
(or chose, ten years ago) to advance by marriage or by picking
a management-type career.
Engineering always has been* an indirect and uncertain path to
social status.
* for century sized values of 'always'
Jenn V.
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This is women's work!"
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