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From: ronnie%xroads.UUCP@noao.edu (Ronnie Phillips)
Newsgroups: comp.society.women
Subject: Re: Women and Ergonomics
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Date: 7 Apr 89 17:34:47 GMT
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>experience I recently had reminded me of the broader issue.  My department 
>recently got a Mac II and, as happens whenever there's a new toy, almost
>everyone has played with it a little.  So I sit down and start using this
>draw program and play a little with Hypercard, more or less just seeing how
>things work and whether I might ever want to do anything with it.  In under
>ten minutes, my right hand was in intense pain!
>
>Whoever designed their mouse has hands much larger than mine.  In order to
>move the mouse *and* be able to press the button at any point, I have to hold

I disagree.  For about 8 months I worked as a temp at Honeywell in
their publications department.  In that department of 6 people, 5
were women and 1 was male.  We constantly worked with the mouse
for 8-9.5 hours a day and sometimes even 6 days per week (overtime)
and no one complained of any problems in working with the mouse.

I think you just must have used a muscle in your hand that you 
weren't used to using and I don't think this is applicable to
females in general vs. males in general.


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