Funny Quote 2137

Or ....

As much fun as it is to be snarky about someone else's atbreastude, especially when it's coming from someone so irritating and apparently young, there might be a serious point here (based on the paragraph "But when women project it ...."):

Sure, a lot of the time an atbreastude of "I know it all!" in young men is sheer bluff -- not always, but often. Young women don't seem much inclined to do that, and in fact are apt to take the bluff at face value and buttume that the guys are smarter, even when there's good evidence that this isn't true. If you can be one of the rare counterexamples to this stereotype, that's all to the good. But ....

First, since the "I know it all!" atbreastude is so often projected by people who actually know very little, others are apt to buttume that you're like that too.

Second, about the "I look better than any Barbie!" -- the conventional wisdom is that if a woman wants to be respected for her technical abilities, emphasizing her resemblance to a Barbie doll is counterproductive. You might not like that bit of conventional wisdom, and maybe it will work for you to just ignore it. Or you might eventually decide to pick your battles.

(There, Ed, is that serious enough?)

-- B. L. Mbuttingill ObDisclaimer: I don't speak for my employers; they return the favor.