Mark Carter quoted a previous post:
Science and Engineering mailing list) about a recent article in Newsweek which portrays women on the Internet as being intimidated by the technology and the net traffic, going so far as to show pictures of women at their
And responded with:
Of course this controversy would exist among women on the net, because women who _are_ on the net aren't intimidated by the technology.
As a portrait of people who _aren't_ on the net, it would be fairly accurate, for both men and women.
Mark
Based on what evidence Mark? That article was based almost entirely on opinions, and on a survey conducted regarding people "dreaming up their ideal machine". Based on that kind of flimsy, anecdotal evidence you would say the portrayal of men, women and computer usage was an accurate one? I hope to God you're not a scientist..... because with proof like that, you'd never get anything done. Do you still believe in the tooth fairy Mr. Carter? People said he/she exists too.. -- Julie _____________________________________________________________________________ Julie M. Albright Ph.D Student/ Net Scholar Department of Sociology University of Southern California albright@usc.edu