Dear all,

Do you know of any studies of gendered language in computing? I’m intrigued by the way today’s engineers throw around words like “motherboard” and “daughterboard”, and also “master” and “slave”, without being aware of how those words sound to non-engineers (like me). I’d be interested in learning about historical or sociological studies. 

Thank you!

All the best,

Caitlin Wylie 

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Caitlin D. Wylie, Ph.D. 

Assistant Professor

Program in Science, Technology and Society

University of Virginia

wylie@virginia.edu 

http://www.eands.virginia.edu/faculty-staff/wylie/ 

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