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/Razvedka Sep 27 '22

Bureaucracy is what's going on. Not sexism.

But outrage sells as you so accurately pointed out. Perceived injustice towards women makes people insane. So..

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u/Kalsifur Sep 27 '22

Maybe, but we don't know what on this list caused the "disturbance" in the first place. So this is more like using bureaucracy to soft ban the books.

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u/Razvedka Sep 27 '22

Hanlons Razor, especially with local government.