RowRowRowYourBot@sh.itjust.works to No Stupid Questions@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 days agoWhat’s an acceptable gender neutral replacement for “techbro”?message-squaremessage-square52fedilinkarrow-up136arrow-down110file-text
arrow-up126arrow-down1message-squareWhat’s an acceptable gender neutral replacement for “techbro”?RowRowRowYourBot@sh.itjust.works to No Stupid Questions@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 days agomessage-square52fedilinkfile-text
Im looking for something that isn’t gender specific but carries the same inherent disdain that “techbro” has.
minus-squareactionjbone@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up50arrow-down4·2 days agoBy their nature, techbros are exclusionary toward women/other genders. So, no gender-neutral term is necessary.
minus-squareCryophilia@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up14arrow-down7·2 days agoWhat a ridiculous take You’re saying there’s no women at all perpetuating enshittification, corporate surveillance, social media propaganda, and targeted advertising? Literally not a single woman, among the hundreds of thousands of people working in tech?
minus-squareBradleyUffner@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6·edit-21 day agoI’d argue that Elizabeth Holmes fits the bill as a female tech-bro.
minus-squaredaniskarma@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkarrow-up4·edit-22 days agoIdentity policies at work. It doesn’t matter what you do, it only matters what labels do you have.
minus-squarestarlinguk@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up5arrow-down3·2 days agoWomen who work in tech are wayyy more likely to be victims of techbros than actually be techbros.
minus-squareCryophilia@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up7arrow-down3·2 days agoOk, that’s completely irrelevant
minus-squareRockaiE@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·2 days agohttps://c.tenor.com/xhGuTS6TH9kAAAAC/good-burger-kel-mitchell.gif
By their nature, techbros are exclusionary toward women/other genders.
So, no gender-neutral term is necessary.
Elizabeth Holmes?
Tech-hoe
What a ridiculous take
You’re saying there’s no women at all perpetuating enshittification, corporate surveillance, social media propaganda, and targeted advertising? Literally not a single woman, among the hundreds of thousands of people working in tech?
I’d argue that Elizabeth Holmes fits the bill as a female tech-bro.
Identity policies at work.
It doesn’t matter what you do, it only matters what labels do you have.
Women who work in tech are wayyy more likely to be victims of techbros than actually be techbros.
Ok, that’s completely irrelevant
https://c.tenor.com/xhGuTS6TH9kAAAAC/good-burger-kel-mitchell.gif