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From: skyler@ecsvax.uncecs.edu
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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From previous article:
[Someone describes using mouse caused her pain, suggests that it was
designed for men with larger hands.]
[Ronnie Phillips desribes working in a 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 can't help but point out that equating no complaints and no problem
is highly problematic.

It's also a pet peeve of mine when A tells B what B experienced.  If the
first person felt that the mouse was too big, then I'd guess that the
mouse was too big.  A different question is whether B has unusually
small hands, or hands typically sized for a woman.
-Trish