A guide to pricing and hedging (2003) [pdf]

Post by trepanne » Wed, May 22, 2019, 2:08 PM UTC

CarolineW wrote: post #2

I hate to be "that person" ... but what is it in this paper that makes it appropriate to label it "The boy's guide ..." Answer: nothing. Nothing at all. Words matter, role-models matter, names matter, and this is just completely tone-deaf in today's world. Men (and boys) may scoff, but seeing the title is seriously off-putting. Unnecessary, inappropriate, and the problem is that the author probably has no clue. I've…

Post by stronglikedan » Wed, May 22, 2019, 2:08 PM UTC

belorn wrote: post #15

CarolineW wrote: post #2

I hate to be "that person" ... but what is it in this paper that makes it appropriate to label it "The boy's guide ..." Answer: nothing. Nothing at all. Words matter, role-models matter, names matter, and this is just completely tone-deaf in today's world. Men (and boys) may scoff, but seeing the title is seriously off-putting. Unnecessary, inappropriate, and the problem is that the author probably has no clue. I've…

Articles with gender in the title tend to get complaints. If it has women, men, boy, girl, male or female in the title, there is almost always a comment complaining to that fact. I think it would improve the comment environment if HN had a title policy against using gender in it unless the article is clearly focused on it and has something new to contribute on the topic of gender. A lot of article titles would benefi…

Post by [deleted] » Wed, May 22, 2019, 2:14 PM UTC

dmos62 wrote: post #23

otabdeveloper1 wrote: post #18

Earlier quoted context omitted.

You're right, doubleplusungood. We really need to submit a proper report to the authorities for this flagrant violation of gender correctness rules. Thank you for your vigilance, comrade.

Are you giving the parent comment a soviet communist spin?

Post by Luc » Wed, May 22, 2019, 2:16 PM UTC

trepanne wrote: post #22

CarolineW wrote: post #2

I hate to be "that person" ... but what is it in this paper that makes it appropriate to label it "The boy's guide ..." Answer: nothing. Nothing at all. Words matter, role-models matter, names matter, and this is just completely tone-deaf in today's world. Men (and boys) may scoff, but seeing the title is seriously off-putting. Unnecessary, inappropriate, and the problem is that the author probably has no clue. I've…

It is a form of dry pedantic humor. In early 20th century USA, there were a lot of instructional books marketed at children with titles like this... "A Boy's Guide to Fishing", and so on. The author, who wishes finance students to remain focused on the fundamentals rather than getting lost in esoterica, chose a title that harkens back to these plain-spoken primers. I suppose he didn't stop to think that most of his a…

Post by Luc » Wed, May 22, 2019, 2:18 PM UTC

totalZero wrote: post #27

CarolineW wrote: post #2

I hate to be "that person" ... but what is it in this paper that makes it appropriate to label it "The boy's guide ..." Answer: nothing. Nothing at all. Words matter, role-models matter, names matter, and this is just completely tone-deaf in today's world. Men (and boys) may scoff, but seeing the title is seriously off-putting. Unnecessary, inappropriate, and the problem is that the author probably has no clue. I've…

Who cares? Stop trying to police everyone else's diction. "Men (and boys) may scoff" because this kind of criticism is totally irrelevant to the actual ideas being discussed. I know from experience that just about any person (man or woman) who has done a trading job professionally has had to put up with way worse in the time required to learn how to make money. And in "today's world," a lot of us don't care about the…