eugene@aurora.arc.nasa.gov (Eugene miya) (07/14/88)
[Someone asks Eugene if he thought that the attitudes of the males in the group which he earlier described was discriminatory toward Adm Hopper. He responds:] I do hope I get a chance to meet her. I really like her concern for the young. The tape gave her bug story. Regarding some of the men who made those comments, they all know each other. They recognize they are in different areas of computing. Let me say that some of the men are "older-thinking men." They believe women should stay at home etc. My Dad was like that. While, I don't have to think like them, I have to tend to work around them. They recognize a younger generation which ideas different than their, they shake their heads (forget other discussions on politics). Anyways, we have mutual understandings of our differences in opinions. Oh, let me clarify my first statement about these people knowing one another: these men and Adm. Grace known one another. Several of these men are in their 60s. Back to my line of reasoning. We have a group of people with differing points of view. So long as my opinion is clear to those older guys, I can effect at least small changes in their opinions. I'm not always successful, and sometimes they influence my opinions. That's the spice of life, I guess. --eugene