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Systems that could only have been designed by a non feminist?

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itshardthinkingofanickname · 21/02/2014 11:40

Thinkng about the AIBU thread where the system got confused because the OP was a Mrs but had kept her surname - so it kept asking for her maiden name.

Which systems out there must have been designed by a non feminist? I was going to say male but I think that would have been a bit sexist?

Have you noticed that when you have a drop down menu - it's predominantly Mr that comes first. Then all the female titles?

Little things, I know. I'm sure you can find some bigger things where the system is just not designed to cope with women.

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KerryKatonasKhakis · 21/02/2014 16:04

My granny's dinnertime system...entirely designed by a non-feminist! The men and boys are served first with huge portions they are unlikely to finish and the women and girls have to get their own from the leftovers. Once she even took food off my plate to give seconds to my BIL, and he let her Hmm

That, and the rest of the systems in the world.

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itshardthinkingofanickname · 21/02/2014 13:55

When you design a drop down list, you just type in each possible answer.

It does not get sorted unless you ask it to.

I have done several drop down lists.

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BuffytheReasonableFeminist · 21/02/2014 13:33

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chibi · 21/02/2014 13:26

i am impressed by
AnswersThroughHaiku staying
in her role. Bravo!

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itshardthinkingofanickname · 21/02/2014 13:19

Miss comes before Mrs. And Mr

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muminthecity · 21/02/2014 13:07

The Criminal Records Bureau - I have to have a CRB check every couple of years for work. I am apparently not allowed to be a Ms. unless I am divorced! I have to be a Miss which isn't the biggest deal i the world, but it still pisses me off!

AnswersThroughHaiku · 21/02/2014 13:03

But less commonly
Used, so the more popular
Ones are put on top.

OddBoots · 21/02/2014 13:00

Isn't 'Dr' or 'Miss' alphabetically before 'Mr'?

itshowwedo · 21/02/2014 12:58

Arf at Buffy's "The World and all that's within"

Today I would like to specifically add: marriage and schools. Schools are top of my agenda because ours is closed due to an act of god (see dollius's second post).

This is therapeutic.

Middleagedmotheroftwo · 21/02/2014 12:54

Men are more important - aren't they? Hmm

BuffytheReasonableFeminist · 21/02/2014 12:52

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BuffytheReasonableFeminist · 21/02/2014 12:51

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AnswersThroughHaiku · 21/02/2014 12:51

I think 'Mr' in
Front of 'Mrs' is merely
Alphabetical.

dollius · 21/02/2014 11:41

Religion

dollius · 21/02/2014 11:41

Capitalism