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The Weekly Round-Up: 14.07.06
Round-Up One is to get their head down and fight on through the stigmas, stereotypes and sexism, and hope that endeavour can somehow break down the walls and bring the glass ceilings shattering down to earth, there to serve as a... [14 Jul 2006]
Apache offers 'female friendly' forum
News This is partly a reflection of the under-representation of women in software development as a whole but other issues, such as sexism and aggressive language on mailing lists and forums, have been known to deter women... [23 Aug 2005]
The Weekly Round-Up: 22.07.05
Round-Up Other readers meanwhile tackled more serious issues and suggested condescending attitudes, lack of equality and an inherent sexism within the IT sector might be to blame. "You don't have to go to Hogwarts to learn magic. [22 Jul 2005]
The Weekly Round-Up: 29.04.05
Round-Up He has been accused of sexism and pollution and for good measure found himself at the middle of a bitter row with a publisher - events which lead him to hit out at what he sees as a great deal of "bullshit" being peddled... [29 Apr 2005]
Men paid more than women for same IT support
News Male IT support workers earn on average 18 per cent more than their female colleagues in similar jobs, according to research published on Monday. The research, commissioned by the Help Desk Institute, found that the average salary of... [12 Apr 2005]
Has Amazon patented casual sexism?
News Amazon.com has been granted a US patent on "Methods and systems of assisting users in purchasing items", including the use of gift-buying habits to determine the age, gender and birth date of gift recipients, according to a US Patent and... [10 Mar 2005]
Hewitt wants to stamp out 'old boys network'
News Career sexism limits opportunities for women of all ages and prevents them from achieving their full potential. Although studies in the past have revealed women simply aren't attracted to jobs in areas such as IT, which... [26 Oct 2004]
Best of Reader Comments: No place for sexism in Linux
News Meanwhile an anonymous reader from France wrote: "Blatant sexism. Once again it's been a busy week for the silicon.com virtual mail bag with reader comment flooding in on a number of subjects. The story which attracted... [17 Feb 2004]
Virus expert loses head to Belgian hacker
News At the time Gigabyte told silicon.com that she hadn't done so to forward the cause of women using computers, saying in an email: "Writing Sharp to fight against sexism? A row has once again broken out between two of the... [16 Jul 2003]
Women in IT: Is there really a problem?
Comment Likewise, if a glass ceiling exists in a corporation (or smaller business) then that's institutional sexism, not an inherent problem with IT specifically. Probably not many. But Laura Stobart wonders whether that's quite... [30 Jan 2003]
Female virus writer didn't do it for "girl power"
News The author - a 17 year-old Belgian known by her pseudonym Gigabyte - told silicon.com via email: "Writing Sharp to fight against sexism? Also, if these were my reasons, I would've mentioned something about... [06 Mar 2002]
UK businesses making a hash of security
News Morrice added: "You only have to look at the recent cases where email has been so vital - such as the Enron case, the city lawyers accused of sexism, and now the row with Stephen Byers - to realise what a potential... [26 Feb 2002]
Valuing your working lives
Comment Thankfully, racism and sexism on the part of interviewers generally received the reaction they deserve. One is that we need, with few exceptions, certain skills and knowledge. Another would be that we all need to get the... [01 Feb 2002]
Sexism still rife in the server room
News Sexism in the IT industry is once again under the spotlight with the latest research finding just five per cent of European networking professionals are women. The situation is showing little sign of any improvement -... [27 Nov 2001]
Sexism and ageism run rife in IT industry
News Government research published today mirrors the findings of silicon.com's skills survey 2001, indicating that the IT industry is failing to attract the mature employees and women it needs to bridge the skills gap. [13 Mar 2001]
