tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8054364128015091024.post4048753274868732300..comments2023-02-28T06:10:35.602-08:00Comments on Darren P Meyer: Casual -ism doesn't make you evil. But still.Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01044642016427342378noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8054364128015091024.post-30557118414741881752013-05-30T09:20:55.894-07:002013-05-30T09:20:55.894-07:00In a language-implementation project I was on (mum...In a language-implementation project I was on (mumblety) years ago, despite trying to hire a diverse team, we had all white male engineers. The writing team, however, was mostly women, so we at least achieved a bit of diversity overall. I don't remember who started it, but once it began, we tended to continue it in every example: When describing an example we used female pronouns to refer to "the programmer" and male to refer to "the user". I don't know what others' reasons were, but for me it was to raise awareness and slap the reader's subconcious to pay attention.solakhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04683307782063129311noreply@blogger.com