My wife didn't find that one very funny - I can't imagine why not, unless it's because she's a Professor of Telecommunications and Electronic Engineering at the Technical University here. Outside the English-speaking countries, which seemingly still live in the Dark Ages of gender stereotyping, women have been at least equally represented at all levels in Engineering, Technology etc for the best part of a century.
My wife didn't find that one very funny - I can't imagine why not, unless it's because she's a Professor of Telecommunications and Electronic Engineering at the Technical University here. Outside the English-speaking countries, which seemingly still live in the Dark Ages of gender stereotyping, women have been at least equally represented at all levels in Engineering, Technology etc for the best part of a century.
My wife didn't find that one very funny - I can't imagine why not, unless it's because she's a Professor of Telecommunications and Electronic Engineering at the Technical University here. Outside the English-speaking countries, which seemingly still live in the Dark Ages of gender stereotyping, women have been at least equally represented at all levels in Engineering, Technology etc for the best part of a century.
The original photo was doubtless innocuous but I take leave to doubt that it appeared here as a joke about anything other than gender stereotyping - all the best jokes have a sting in the tail regarding something. I certainly wasn't "triggered" - in fact I chuckle every time this resurfaces, and my wife wasn't offended but simply took it as a typical male "joke". Doubtless some of her male students might like it, particularly since the ones who graduate as Bachelors with the highest marks are almost invariably female, and her assistants, all PhDs, are evenly split along gender lines (very simple in this backward neck of the woods as only two genders exist).
Yes, I think it could easily have been a young man holding the iron by the hot bit.If I remember correctly it originally appeared as part of an advert and was in no way meant as a trigger
Interesting. I didn't make any connection about women and some sort of inability on their part with electronics or any other form of engineering. I'd guess that's mainly because I'm under the impression that putting together circuit boards is dominated by a female workforce; perhaps I've got the wrong impression and that's not the case.
I still don’t get it. A woman soldering a circuit board. Harharhar! Nope, I must be dumb.My wife didn't find that one very funny - I can't imagine why not, unless it's because she's a Professor of Telecommunications and Electronic Engineering at the Technical University here. Outside the English-speaking countries, which seemingly still live in the Dark Ages of gender stereotyping, women have been at least equally represented at all levels in Engineering, Technology etc for the best part of a century.
I thought having the CNC lathe so close to the kitchen sink was a bit dodgy myself
How can this be a joke if only you and
I think sometimes there is too much read into what is sexist and you miss the point of the joke (not very funny in this case ) by that i mean the person in charge of the project/photo shoot does not know the first thing about electric soldering irons the poor girl would be in severe pain if the iron was switched on nothing to do with thier gender in any way so why bring this into the senario just post a joke ,view it laugh, dont laugh , move on . Stop trying to cause negative reactions . Its a $¥€€@₩ joke thread Theres enough negativity around lets escape it for a short time on this thread
Well I thought it funny as would most petrol heads!!
So thats what a petrol head is.
