Rob Landley

Any time women make something lucrative, men push them out of the field. A 1983 MIT paper documented that purge in computer science: https://simson.net/ref/1983/barriers.pdf

See also https://mastodon.social/@Sheril/109545727584656667 for "beer brewer" becoming "witch", Julia Child giving way to Gordon Ramsey, Sarah Taber's great thread about "egg money", the origin of the word "spinster" and the Triangle Shirtwaist Fire...

Once there's money in it, douchebros terf out the founders then claim to have discovered what others invented.

Mar 23 at 7:15pmWeb
Show threadRob Landley1d ago

The University of California didn't just explain how they're covering their exposed canals with solar panels to save billions of gallons of water from evaporating, they interviewed the woman behind it rather than appointing a man to take the credit.

https://youtu.be/EtJzOtOpYdo

California’s new solar panels do MORE than generate power

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Show threadHoward Chu @ Symas1d ago
@landley great that they're finally doing it, but it's a no-brainer. First done in India 12 years ago https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Solar_canal
Solar canal - Wikipedia

Show threadkit1d ago
@landley I remember reading a paper in the late 80s early 90s about concerns that medical doctors had that increasing the number of women doctors would feminize the profession and reduce salaries and respectability. One of the reference points was a 19th century decline in the respectability and money in the teaching profession as male tutors declined in favour of female teachers.
Show threadFranceska Mann1d ago

@landley

thanks for noticing, Rob. Misogyny is invisible to most men.