I've never considered the idea of one gender being any more likely to commit piracy than any other. Is there some kind of piracy subgroup of people in Indonesia or elsewhere who claim men are more likely to pirate music than other genders, particular women?

Again, this is a serious question, with no malicious subtext. I'm genuinely wondering where in the hell this question came from, because it seems to me like it came out of nowhere.

[–] Thorned_Rose@kbin.social 2 points 8 months ago (3 children)

Maybe break down by gender could be related to how accessible technology is to genders based on barriers like sexism and gender-based hostility? A bit like how IT jobs have less women (despite things like the first programmers being women and it originally being a "woman's job"), non-binary folk and tend to be male-dominated? You have to ask why something that shouldn't have a gender bias is gendered. In this instance, I would be looking at why there's a difference between Western/W.E.I.R.D. countries and Indonesia - what in Indonesia is making it more accessible to women when the reverse is true in countries known to be hostile to non-males in the technology world.

(Possibly I have way overcomplicated what I'm trying to say lol but I'm a bit sick at the moment so not easy to think through a woolly head).

[–] EveryMuffinIsNowEncrypted@lemmy.blahaj.zone 1 points 8 months ago (1 children)

That makes a lot of sense. Thanks!

Also, what's "W.E.I.R.D." mean in this context? I've never seen that acronym before.

[–] miracleorange@beehaw.org 3 points 8 months ago (1 children)

It's used in academia, especially social sciences to represent the demographic usually studied: western, educated, industrialized, rich, democratic.

[–] EveryMuffinIsNowEncrypted@lemmy.blahaj.zone 1 points 8 months ago

I see. Thank you for teaching me. :)

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