Comments on: SXSW: Are Women Taken More Seriously on the Web? http://welikeitfresh.com/2009/03/25/sxsw-are-women-taken-more-seriously-on-the-web/ Home-squeezed goodness with no added pulp. Ideas and inspiration from the eROI creative team. Tue, 27 Jul 2010 23:51:00 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: verity http://welikeitfresh.com/2009/03/25/sxsw-are-women-taken-more-seriously-on-the-web/comment-page-1/#comment-181 verity Thu, 26 Mar 2009 17:36:26 +0000 http://welikeitfresh.com/?p=413#comment-181 Thanks for sharing this Meggan! The ideas brought up really got me thinking about how I portray myself online. I realized that the screen name I choose when I am not using my actual name, is probably more on the masculine side. I wonder if this is some unconscious effort to be taken more seriously? I feel for Karen Chu. It seems like women are judged so much more based on their appearances than men still. And it just isn't fair. I am also encouraged because it seems like there has been a lot more opportunity for women in tech over the last couple decades. Hopefully the pay gap (in all industries) will cease to exist eventually though! Thanks for sharing this Meggan! The ideas brought up really got me thinking about how I portray myself online. I realized that the screen name I choose when I am not using my actual name, is probably more on the masculine side. I wonder if this is some unconscious effort to be taken more seriously?

I feel for Karen Chu. It seems like women are judged so much more based on their appearances than men still. And it just isn’t fair. I am also encouraged because it seems like there has been a lot more opportunity for women in tech over the last couple decades. Hopefully the pay gap (in all industries) will cease to exist eventually though!

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