People like us tend to be gendered in large part 'geek', regardless of their sex.
Ever noticed that?
The presentations, the attitudes, there's a particular normative force towards a particular axis: interest in technical minutiae and trivia, lack of overmuch concern about physical appearance, tendency to dissociate from other people with terms like 'mundane', obliviousness to a fair number of social norms especially including mating rituals.
Some days I consider myself gendered 'geek'. But then I don't wind up talking about baseball unless I'm doing stat-crunching, because Geeks Don't Do Sports. Or stuff like that.
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Ever noticed that?
The presentations, the attitudes, there's a particular normative force towards a particular axis: interest in technical minutiae and trivia, lack of overmuch concern about physical appearance, tendency to dissociate from other people with terms like 'mundane', obliviousness to a fair number of social norms especially including mating rituals.
Some days I consider myself gendered 'geek'. But then I don't wind up talking about baseball unless I'm doing stat-crunching, because Geeks Don't Do Sports. Or stuff like that.