Re: [issues] Does Jane Compute

2000-04-07 Thread jenn
Snarfblat wrote: > And thus brings up an interesting point. What about daughters? Are > they influenced by the personality of their mothers to a severe extent? > Does anyone know of a relationship between the mothers view of > technology (i.e. a 'geek' or very not 'geek') and how that affects t

Re: [issues] Re: Re: Does Jane Compute

2000-04-07 Thread Susannah Rosenberg
Deirdre Saoirse wrote: > > On Fri, 7 Apr 2000, Susannah Rosenberg wrote: > > > i agree that geekiness is becoming attractive. however, it's > > becoming attractive because of _money_. > > > > and in a lot of cases, while (hetero) women want a man who can support > > and provide for them... men s

Re: [issues] Does Jane Compute

2000-04-07 Thread Allen Heinecke
As far as I can tell, children go for exactly the opposite of what their parents do for the teenage years, but they seem to emulate a mixture of both of their parents to one degree or another... I don't know if this is the case in families that grew up under a single parent, but I do know that I h

Re: [issues] Does Jane Compute

2000-04-07 Thread Nicole Zimmerman
With girls, I think it is more even between father and mother, though personally I have found it leans toward the father. I have a great relationship with my father, he likes to tinker with things and understand how they work. When he started college in the mid 1970s, he started in computers... u

Re: [issues] Does Jane Compute

2000-04-07 Thread Snarfblat
J B wrote: > > On Fri, 7 Apr 2000, Susannah Rosenberg wrote: > > > i agree that geekiness is becoming attractive. however, it's > > becoming attractive because of _money_. > > I must disagree here. It may often be because of money, but in most of the > cases I know of, the guy is attracted t

Re: [issues] Does Jane Compute

2000-04-07 Thread J B
On Fri, 7 Apr 2000, Susannah Rosenberg wrote: > i agree that geekiness is becoming attractive. however, it's > becoming attractive because of _money_. I must disagree here. It may often be because of money, but in most of the cases I know of, the guy is attracted to the strong independent wo

Re: [issues] Re: Re: Does Jane Compute

2000-04-07 Thread Deirdre Saoirse
On Fri, 7 Apr 2000, Susannah Rosenberg wrote: > i agree that geekiness is becoming attractive. however, it's > becoming attractive because of _money_. > > and in a lot of cases, while (hetero) women want a man who can support > and provide for them... men still want to be "the head of the > hous

Re: [issues] Re: Re: Does Jane Compute

2000-04-07 Thread Susannah Rosenberg
noproblem wrote: i agree that geekiness is becoming attractive. however, it's becoming attractive because of _money_. and in a lot of cases, while (hetero) women want a man who can support and provide for them... men still want to be "the head of the household". the economic attraction isn'

[issues] Re: Re: Does Jane Compute

2000-04-07 Thread noproblem
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > From: Lynette Quinn <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: RE: [issues] Does Jane Compute > Date: Fri, 31 Mar 2000 06:52:29 -0800 > charset="iso-8859-1" > > One thing that hasn't been touched upon in this discussion is the attitude a > girl's father play