the beeb article starts: '<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: verdana, helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; border-collapse: collapse; color: rgb(70, 70, 70); line-height: 18px; ">She's got an impressive CV that includes everything from astronaut to racing car driver.'</span><div>
<font class="Apple-style-span" color="#464646" face="verdana, helvetica, arial, sans-serif"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; line-height: 18px;"><br></span></font></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#464646" face="verdana, helvetica, arial, sans-serif"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; line-height: 18px;">so should we really be surprised at a geek barbie? Anything that breaks down stereotypes has got to be a good thing. Talking of which where's 'male nurse Ken', or 'primary school teacher Ken'?</span></font></div>
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</span></font><br><div class="gmail_quote">On 16 February 2010 11:58, David Halliday <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:david.halliday@gmail.com">david.halliday@gmail.com</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex;">
As featured on the BBC website: <a href="http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/magazine/8517097.stm" target="_blank">http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/magazine/8517097.stm</a><br>
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While the premise for this post is very off topic, It is an age old<br>
issue about gender stereotypes and women in IT come up again. I'm<br>
neither interested in starting flame wars etc... But surely nobody<br>
addresses the issues with simple common sense.<br>
<br>
I was going to write some cometary and opinion, but it started<br>
sounding to bitter and cynical.<br>
<br>
Is there an issue here?<br>
Do many luggers work with women in their departments?<br>
I know we have some women on the list, what are your views/experiences?<br>
<br>
In my day to day work I work with two women, one who is on the systems<br>
team and one who is not technical but performs a project management<br>
role. Both are good at their jobs and I personally like how women in<br>
the tech department can help to break up the otherwise "boys club"<br>
feeling.<br>
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