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- From: fisk@cvdv99.mayo.edu (Tom Fisk | 2D-337 STM | 5-4341)
- Subject: Re: End-user on-line Motif tutorial
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- Date: 23 Jan 1993 09:33 -0700
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- >Now, now. I'll be on your side if Hillary tries to have you thrown into a
- >concentration camp for your PiC sexist observations, but what sample size are
- >we talking about here? There are many females in our department who use mice
- >-- clerical staff, professors, students, technicians, etc., and I've never
- >heard of any of them having any difficulty like this. I suppose I could have
- >just been unobservant, but there are millions of females who use computers
- >with mice, and no word of this phenomenon has made its way into any trade
- >journal articles I've ever read.
- >
- First of all I really didn't want that post to sound sexist but it is
- unfortunately the way many women are brought up in our society. Nuff said...
-
- I realize that there are many women that have no difficulty using mice. The
- ones we see that are having the problem are those who have none or very limited
- computer experience and they use it while they are standing (which I think may
- be a big factor also). The reason why they are having the trouble was
- actually brought up by one of the users...not inferred on our part in anyway.
- And she is still running the mouse upside down and it works fine for her...
-
- Just our experience...your mileage may vary.
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