Yet somehow the theorists had gone to the assumption that technology is male, and the climate had turned. I suspected the student's visit was directed, and I think she was surprised when she learned of my committment to inclusion. Afterwards, you and I discussed the contexts, and realized our opposing positions on gendering the machines. And I think perhaps assumptions are our real subject here: how they are made, what underpins them, their motivations and their results. In this case, I think many people still hold to Heidigger's view of technology, and I *assume* we must change this if we are to rework the writing classroom.