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thenewgreen · 4464 days ago · link · · parent · post: Why the First Laptop Had Such a Hard Time Catching On (Hint: Sexism) - Alexis C. Madrigal - The Atlantic
I agree, but at the same time they were seeing something we don't. They were seeing a fundamental shift in their world. No longer would they be dictating letters to be written and sent off, nope. They would be the ones writing these letter and physically generating content, not just ideas. This is a huge shift and one that for many men of that time would be hard to embrace. Me... do women's work? Obviously, it was eventually unavoidable. I think we saw the same push back with email. Not for sexist reasons but for the fear of change. It's now unthinkable that someone would refuse to use email in a business setting but there was a time when people would only write/type letters. Old habits die hard, regardless of the new possibilities.