When I took an acting class on accents, I learned about the International Phonetic Alphabet (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ipa). It is surprisingly handy, although most Americans have no idea it exists, much less how to read it.
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Suppose Alice and Bob are friends, and have each other in their contacts. Alice uses a simple, prepaid phone that only handles texts and calls. Bob has a smartphone.
Bob installs the Facebook app on his phone. The app wants permission to see his contacts, and he grants it. Maybe he's not paying attention, maybe there's a useful feature that needs his contacts, maybe the software asks the phone for permission, and the phone allows it without asking Bob. Whatever. Facebook now knows Alice's phone number.
When Alice gives Facebook her phone number to get a text (remember, that's all her phone can do), Facebook recognizes that it has seen this number before. Since Bob has this number, he is probably connected with Alice in some way.
Alice sees a recommendation for Bob when she logs on again.
Alice only gave permission for Facebook to text her. It didn't look through her phone at all.
GP is talking about "less attractive industry for women", meaning an industry women would be less attracted to, as in not want to work for/be part of.
I graduated last May with a degree in CS. I had several friends who were Bio (Pre-Med). The math I was required to take started at a number higher than their highest math requirement. Likewise with statistics -- I saw some of their stat class work, and seemed like a joke to me. Incidentally, in my statistics course, we talked about how doctors don't (as shown by studies) grasp basic principles.
EDIT: I went to a fairly small, but locally very well respected school.
It's been my experience that 3 mph (the speed I tend to default to) is considered fast by most of my peers. I'm in my twenties.
That paper is from 1997. I suspect a lot has changed.
Be passionate about the group (Twitter), as well as your project. Answer questions people have about your proposal.
It seems rational to me. I don't know Jessamyn Smith, but I personally don't listen to rap, I don't meet rap stars, and none of my friends like rap. I don't hear rap.
Co-workers? An IRC bot on a channel she's logged on to every work day? A rational response would be to target the things that are affecting you, constantly.
On a larger, societal scale, sure, stopping to misogyny in rap would help more. And it contributes to a culture where it's okay to create an TWSS bot. But it wouldn't help that situation in the short term.
Why would it make me uncomfortable? It would subtly remind everyone in the room, including me, that I'm different. And it would place an (unintended, I'm sure) emphasis on my physical attributes, which have nothing to do with my ability to design or program software.