“Women do not enter a profession in significant numbers until it is physically safe. So until we care enough about men's safety to turn the death professions into safe professions, we in effect discriminate against women. But when we overprotect women and only women it also leads to discrimination against women. ...If [an employer works] for a large company for which quotas prevent discrimination, they find themselves increasingly hiring free-lancers rather than taking on a woman and therefore a possible sexual harassment lawsuit.” IfsMenEnoughCareTurnsNumbersCompanyEffectsSafeSafetyProfessionSignificantDiscriminationEmployersHiringHarassmentLawsuitQuotaLarge CompaniesSignificant Numbers Author:Warren Farrell
“I am only a footnote, but proud of the footnote I have become. My subsequent work on eliciting principles and developing the theory of interface design, so that many people will be able to do what I did is probably also footnote-worthy. In looking back at this turn-of-the-century period, the rise of a worldwide network will be seen as the most significant part of the computer revolution.” PeopleAbleTurnsPrinciplesCenturyDesignTheoryRevolutionProudPeriodsComputerWorthySignificantDevelopingLooking BackInterfacesFootnotes Author:Jef Raskin