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catsittingstill · 03-30-2009, 09:46 AM

I'm female. As you can tell from my short, delicate tusks :=) <- mimmoth smiley

I have read a few romances but don't usually seek them out. I like SF (except most military SF, because really one ravening space beam is very like another--the exceptions being the military SF with well drawn characters and a focus on human interactions like Bujold's work), Fantasy, and to a lesser extent Mystery. Recently started reading classics like _Pride and Prejudice_ and _On The Origin Of Species_. After all, they're free, and it turns out they're pretty good.

I don't multitask worth a damn, and hate being jerked out of whatever I'm concentrating on at the moment. I can deal with nested interrupts but only to about 3 layers; then I start forgetting what I was doing and getting cranky about it.

I have a good sense of how things fit together in three dimensional space (I end up repacking the car a lot) and I like working with my hands--err, trunk--except that idiot designers often make tools that regular people are just not strong enough to use (would it *kill* them to make the wrench to change the bit on a router twice as long? Sheesh!). I built a canoe a couple of summers ago.

Don't have a TV, and don't miss it. Learned to cook after I got married; turns out it's fairly simple chemistry--it's just the lab technique that's a bit tricky. But once you know what you're doing, you can improvise endlessly.

Hmm, maybe I should be doing this in the "introduce yourself" thread in the lounge. Oh, well. Too late.

I completely agree that gender doesn't have anything to do with competence. I do think that differences in socialization may give rise to differences in rate of technology adoption and differences in willingness both to seek out, and to speak out in, a public forum like this one. So I'm curious to see how this poll will come out--though I don't see any way the various possible causes of any male/female imbalance could be disentangled.

03-30-2009, 09:46 AM	#148
catsittingstill Guru Posts: 643 Karma: 551634 Join Date: Dec 2007 Device: Kindle 1.0.8, iPod Touch, Kindle Keyboard	I'm female. As you can tell from my short, delicate tusks :=) <- mimmoth smiley I have read a few romances but don't usually seek them out. I like SF (except most military SF, because really one ravening space beam is very like another--the exceptions being the military SF with well drawn characters and a focus on human interactions like Bujold's work), Fantasy, and to a lesser extent Mystery. Recently started reading classics like _Pride and Prejudice_ and _On The Origin Of Species_. After all, they're free, and it turns out they're pretty good. I don't multitask worth a damn, and hate being jerked out of whatever I'm concentrating on at the moment. I can deal with nested interrupts but only to about 3 layers; then I start forgetting what I was doing and getting cranky about it. I have a good sense of how things fit together in three dimensional space (I end up repacking the car a lot) and I like working with my hands--err, trunk--except that idiot designers often make tools that regular people are just not strong enough to use (would it kill them to make the wrench to change the bit on a router twice as long? Sheesh!). I built a canoe a couple of summers ago. Don't have a TV, and don't miss it. Learned to cook after I got married; turns out it's fairly simple chemistry--it's just the lab technique that's a bit tricky. But once you know what you're doing, you can improvise endlessly. Hmm, maybe I should be doing this in the "introduce yourself" thread in the lounge. Oh, well. Too late. I completely agree that gender doesn't have anything to do with competence. I do think that differences in socialization may give rise to differences in rate of technology adoption and differences in willingness both to seek out, and to speak out in, a public forum like this one. So I'm curious to see how this poll will come out--though I don't see any way the various possible causes of any male/female imbalance could be disentangled.