Comments on: Gender vs. Church vs. IT: Does It Really Matter? http://www.faithandweb.com/2007/04/21/gender-vs-church-vs-it-does-it-really-matter/ A Church Web Diva's Musings on Excellence in Religious Websites Sat, 03 Jul 2010 17:11:09 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Anna Belle http://www.faithandweb.com/2007/04/21/gender-vs-church-vs-it-does-it-really-matter/comment-page-1/#comment-29 Anna Belle Sun, 22 Apr 2007 19:37:17 +0000 http://www.faithandweb.com/?p=22#comment-29 Thanks, Penny. I'm kind of surprised not to have seen more reflections like ours. It just seems so obvious to me. Perhaps it's an "Emperor's New Clothes" phenomenon? Thanks, Penny. I’m kind of surprised not to have seen more reflections like ours. It just seems so obvious to me. Perhaps it’s an “Emperor’s New Clothes” phenomenon?

]]> By: Penny http://www.faithandweb.com/2007/04/21/gender-vs-church-vs-it-does-it-really-matter/comment-page-1/#comment-28 Penny Sun, 22 Apr 2007 09:49:53 +0000 http://www.faithandweb.com/?p=22#comment-28 Hi, I came over here from your comment on Zeldman's blog, and then had a look at the Church Marketing Sucks post. I was struck by the same attitude in the comments on both posts. It's women's fault that there aren't enough men going to church - it's too feminine (with too many flowers!): the answer is to make it more masculine. But it is also women's fault that there aren't more women in web design: they ought to be more like men to get into it and to get ahead. Hi, I came over here from your comment on Zeldman’s blog, and then had a look at the Church Marketing Sucks post.

I was struck by the same attitude in the comments on both posts. It’s women’s fault that there aren’t enough men going to church – it’s too feminine (with too many flowers!): the answer is to make it more masculine. But it is also women’s fault that there aren’t more women in web design: they ought to be more like men to get into it and to get ahead.

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