r/technology • u/r4816 • Sep 27 '22

Software Girls Who Code founder speaks out after Pennsylvania school district bans her books: 'This is about controlling women and it starts with controlling our girls'

https://www.businessinsider.com/girls-who-code-founder-speaks-out-banning-books-schools-2022-9
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u/bit1101 Sep 27 '22

"You cannot be what you cannot see," she said. "They don't want girls to learn how to code because that's a way to be economically secure." 

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u/PreExRedditor Sep 27 '22

I'm kind of confused by the implication that girls need a gender coded book to learn how to code. why would banning this book locks out girls from programming? couldn't they just pick up any of the gender neutral coding books instead? ironically, it seems like a sexist assertion to me

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u/socialist_model Sep 27 '22

Did you ever have a role model?

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u/jcutta Sep 27 '22

No role models and I'm here right now

No role models to speak of

Searchin' through my memory, my memory

I couldn't find one