Path: utzoo!attcan!uunet!lll-winken!lll-tis!helios.ee.lbl.gov!pasteur!agate!eugene@eos.arc.nasa.gov From: eugene@eos.arc.nasa.gov (Eugene Miya) Newsgroups: comp.society.women Subject: Re: wizards Message-ID: <11840@agate.BERKELEY.EDU> Date: 8 Jul 88 16:53:38 GMT References: <11732@agate.BERKELEY.EDU> Sender: usenet@agate.BERKELEY.EDU Organization: Encore Computer Corp, Marlboro, MA Lines: 16 Approved: skyler@violet.berkeley.edu (Moderator -- Trish Roberts) Comments-to: comp-women-request@cs.purdue.edu Submissions-to: comp-women@cs.purdue.edu Valerie, Lea, and Stan have made some good comments about the forces which appear to have shaped male "wizards." The problem has to be "attacked" [notice the very "male" word] at a young age. Around pre-school age. I think the problem is a natural competition which forces order on kids. One reason why so many of us are nerds was because we compensated for other, typically physical deficencies [many catch up]. If we "solve" this problem, will we destroy the environment which did create wizards? I hope not, I would hope we could accomplish the same goals with more cooperation. On Stan's next level, I think we will see change. It's been noted that video games are changing their character from "shoot-em up" games. I "caught" my secretary playing an amusing game on her PC which wasn't a "shoot" game. If she's playing this, then I think other girls will get around this too. --eugene miya