“One of her secret fantasies had been that, as a girl who could code, she would work in the one place where a geeky fat girl could get dates. It had not been entirely untrue. But as someone had pointed out to her in school, although the odds are good, the goods are odd.” WomenDatingProgrammingProgrammersGeeksAfter The Apocalypse Author:Maureen F. McHugh
“She had a theory that the fear of getting in trouble was what made her not as good a programmer and that, in fact, it was all linked to testosterone, and that was why there were more guy programmers than women. It was a very hazy theory, and she didn't like it, but she had pretty much convinced herself it was true, although she couldn't bear to think of sharing it with anybody, because it was a lot better to think that there were social reasons why girls didn't usually become code monkeys than to think there were biological reasons.” MenFearWomenGenderProgrammingBiologyProgrammersTestosteroneAfter The Apocalypse Author:Maureen F. McHugh
“Staying married to one person was boring. She figured she was too complicated for that. Interesting people had complicated lives.” MarriageDivorceComplicationsAfter The ApocalypseInterestingness Author:Maureen F. McHugh
“I thought this life of thoughtful liberalism was my birthright, too. Before I understood that my generation was to be born in interesting times.” LifeLiberalismInteresting TimesAfter The Apocalypse Author:Maureen F. McHugh
