I know women have energy and strength to fight real sexism in this world. How do I know this? If you say a sexist word about women; or suggest a douche will make women more confident; or create an exploitive TV series about Playboy Bunnies; gals come out fighting like Visigoths.

Case in point:

The editor of a well-respected IT journal, IEEE Spectrum, felt that it was necessary to send out an email apology to thousands of readers over a headline on a story.

The article was about an easy to use computer circuit board called Arduino, and the headline of a tech alert that went out about the story said: “With the Arduino, Now Even Your Mom Can Program.”

Well, I guess people, probably women, got riled up and the editors at IEEE Spectrum got a cyber earful. This was the email the Editor sent out this morning to calm the storm: (more…)