RowRowRowYourBot@sh.itjust.works to No Stupid Questions@lemmy.worldEnglish · 3 days agoWhat’s an acceptable gender neutral replacement for “techbro”?message-squaremessage-square48fedilinkarrow-up134arrow-down18file-text
arrow-up126arrow-down1message-squareWhat’s an acceptable gender neutral replacement for “techbro”?RowRowRowYourBot@sh.itjust.works to No Stupid Questions@lemmy.worldEnglish · 3 days agomessage-square48fedilinkfile-text
Im looking for something that isn’t gender specific but carries the same inherent disdain that “techbro” has.
minus-squareactionjbone@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up48arrow-down4·3 days agoBy their nature, techbros are exclusionary toward women/other genders. So, no gender-neutral term is necessary.
minus-squareCryophilia@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up12arrow-down7·3 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-up5·edit-22 days agoI’d argue that Elizabeth Holmes fits the bill as a female tech-bro.
minus-squarestarlinguk@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up5arrow-down3·3 days agoWomen who work in tech are wayyy more likely to be victims of techbros than actually be techbros.
minus-squareCryophilia@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up5arrow-down3·2 days agoOk, that’s completely irrelevant
minus-squareRockaiE@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·3 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.
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