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From: eos!eugene@eos.arc.nasa.gov (Eugene Miya)
Newsgroups: comp.society.women
Subject: Re: women at the technical core
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Date: 24 Jun 88 18:26:04 GMT
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In article <11306@agate.BERKELEY.EDU> celerity!ps@ucsd.edu writes:
>I disagree strongly with this concept. Women are as varied in their
>aptitudes, likes and dislikes, as men. Encouraging young women to choose a
>particular career path,

I think I should clarify.  The encouragement is to get more female
technical people.  Secondarily, they should be encouraged at least as
much as men.  Likes and dislikes are assumed generally the same.

There are some feminists who believe that some women should be promoted 
on the basis of gender.  This maybe okay for insurance companies, but
in the age of technological competitiveness, this can be a mistake.
Non-technical managers over technical people is my big worry.  This
is why I would encourage young women early.

>Should I abandon a type of work I enjoy and can do well
>in order to become a manager just because I am a woman?

I'm not encouraging YOU to go into management.  I'm climbing down
the management ladder myself.

--eugene