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I would avoid gender-izing business or product names. There is a trend in the tech industry to remove gender and racial terms from our dictionary. examples: factory girl was renamed to "factory bot". https://github.com/thoughtbot/factory_bot/issues/921 github is renaming `master` git branches to `main` https://www.zdnet.com/article/github-to-replace-master-with-...
I don't get the gender backlash here, personification has been a thing for a long time and there doesn't seem to be any malfeasance (intended or otherwise) here. It's not lewd, doesn't play to stereotypes, etc. To me, a basic litmus test is whether you could easily swap the gender without reworking anything. If you can't, it's probably offensive, if you can it's practically gender neutral (naming aside). It's not a c…
I don't get the gender backlash here, personification has been a thing for a long time and there doesn't seem to be any malfeasance (intended or otherwise) here. It's not lewd, doesn't play to stereotypes, etc. To me, a basic litmus test is whether you could easily swap the gender without reworking anything. If you can't, it's probably offensive, if you can it's practically gender neutral (naming aside). It's not a c…
In the end we should all be using the genderless term, "dude" . Im a dude, he's a dude, she's a dude, we are all dudes.
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I wonder what kind of backlash would be faced had the Nintendo product not existed and a console manufacturer proposed, in 2020, to name their handheld the "Game Boy".
Less than the above is for sure.
I don't get the gender backlash here, personification has been a thing for a long time and there doesn't seem to be any malfeasance (intended or otherwise) here. It's not lewd, doesn't play to stereotypes, etc. To me, a basic litmus test is whether you could easily swap the gender without reworking anything. If you can't, it's probably offensive, if you can it's practically gender neutral (naming aside). It's not a c…
The stereotype that QA is 'women's work' is harming the industry.
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Author here! Never realized that was why factory-girl changed its name... That's interesting thank you! PatchGirl was initially only a rest client so it was just a stupid pun (because of postman). But it stick and now I like the name :-P
Shouldn’t you have gone with “PatchWoman” if you were playing off of “PostMan”?
Girl just sounds better.
I don't get the gender backlash here, personification has been a thing for a long time and there doesn't seem to be any malfeasance (intended or otherwise) here. It's not lewd, doesn't play to stereotypes, etc. To me, a basic litmus test is whether you could easily swap the gender without reworking anything. If you can't, it's probably offensive, if you can it's practically gender neutral (naming aside). It's not a c…
> doesn't play to stereotypes The stereotype that QA is 'women's work' is harming the industry.
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The two genders people backlashed against the unlimited genders and there was then a war between them - the unlimited genders want references to the two genders to be removed as they seem to promote the viewpoint that two genders exist and not unlimited. Companies and powerful organizations are wary of the unlimited genders people as there is a worry that they may control enough economic power to make things unpleasa…
If somebody wants to be a girl or a boy, or some creator wants to call their creation a boy or a girl - what's wrong with either? Again, we're spending a tremendous amount of energy and attention on things that future generations will laugh at. This is no similar than the billions of people who can't learn to wear a face mask properly. We're the laughing stock of the future. Should I refer to my boy or girl to they t…
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If somebody wants to be a girl or a boy, or some creator wants to call their creation a boy or a girl - what's wrong with either? Again, we're spending a tremendous amount of energy and attention on things that future generations will laugh at. This is no similar than the billions of people who can't learn to wear a face mask properly. We're the laughing stock of the future. Should I refer to my boy or girl to they t…
The solution is to not comment on such issues and downvote and potentially flag (when appropriate) people that spend all their time writing about that instead of things that actually matter.