Women in Tech
by Gillian Arnold, Hannah Dee, Clem Herman, Sharon Moore, Andrea Palmer, Shilpa Shah
GLOSSARY
Affirmative action: The US equivalent of the UK’s ‘positive action’ (see below).
Ally: Someone who recognises their own privilege, and how different levels of privilege are ascribed to others by society, and then uses that recognition to be a supporter of others who are less privileged than themselves.
Brogrammer: A term made up of ‘brother’ and ‘programmer’. Depending on the perspective, this might mean males who are programmers who behave with stereotypical male behaviour. Alternatively, it could mean a male programmer who establishes and perpetuates a macho culture that is exclusive and hard for women in tech to infiltrate. In the latter definition, it has its equivalent in some ways in the ‘old boys’ network’.
Computer science: ...
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