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 His wife’s boyfriend told her about this 
 @58606072 Women everywhere already knew shitty men regard us as the help. 
 @58606072 While I’m no fan of a white, straight, Christian, male dominated society, this position makes zero sense to me. 

We aren’t talking about a real male or a female here: it’s a #computerized #tech voice. And it can be changed!

But even if it WERE a real voice, the counterpoint is clear:

If men are the default to “provide answers” in our society, how lovely that we now turn to “women” - by default - for our answers.  

If #representation matters, this is a lot of it. 
 @58606072 Exciting to see that posts about misogyny showing you who to block translates across platforms. 
 @58606072 You are so right. I renamed my Alexa to Echo and gave him a male voice. (Mind you, it's now pleasant to have a man as my servant LOL) 
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Women have been saying this from day one. 
 @58606072 did the idea of the talking computer come from Star Trek or was it around before that?