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From: well!slf@lll-crg.llnl.gov (Sharon Lynne Fisher)
Newsgroups: comp.society.women
Subject: Re: Women competing with men
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Date: 5 May 89 13:15:43 GMT
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>"What advice would she give to young women determined to make the most
>of a career in ... computing?
>"'Enjoy being a woman and don't compete with men on their own terms.'"

What the hell does that mean?  Enjoy the fact that I can, say, wear a dress
to work?  Is she saying that men program one way and women program another,
and women shouldn't try to program a man's way?  This is such a vague,
non-specific statement, and if I had been the reporter, I would have asked
for more details.