No Tools for You: A Century of Men Policing Women’s Tools

[Gast]

No Tools for You: A Century of Men Policing Women’s Tools

In 1925 a doctor said vacuum cleaners will make women lazy. In 2026 mastodon dudes said the same thing (and worse) about a woman engineer using a tool to make a CAD part.

https://blog.adafruit.com/2026/02/16/no-tools-for-you-a-century-of-men-policing-womens-tools/

[monkee@other.li]

@adafruit@fosstodon.org Have you lost your fucking minds?

[Gast]

@monkee @adafruit it's very probable. too much solder smoke.

[monkee@other.li]

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