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I'm skeptical that the investor that said that meant anything by it. Acknowledging someone's gender in a sentence doesn't immediately qualify as sexism.

JshWright 10y ago
> I'm skeptical that the investor that said that meant anything by it. I think that's rather the point... If the investor were aware of the sexist nature of his comment, it wouldn't be necessary to raise awareness in the first place. Just because something isn't malicious doesn't mean it isn't sexist. It comes across as a diminutive affix.
- jsmith0295 10y ago
  So who gets to decide that it's sexist? Anyone who feels that it is? If thats the case, I think that assuming its sexist is itself sexist, and now we're in the same boat. I'm sure if someone took offense and mentioned it to the investor he would've apologized. There's no need to turn it into some kind of political campaign and publicly mock the guy.
  - parenthephobia 10y ago
    > So who gets to decide that it's sexist? Anyone who feels that it is? Yes. Everyone gets to decide whether things are sexist, whether and when that's a problem, and whether another person having different opinions about any of that should effect the way they act towards that person.
  - JshWright 10y ago
    As another commenter mentioned, would it have been appropriate for him to direct a question to "the black CTO"?
    - jsmith0295 10y ago
      No, but that's really not the same thing at all. It's common to refer to people in the context of their gender (Mr., Ms., etc) but you just don't do that with race. Really, the fact that this is even being focused on as sexism is crazy. In much of the world women are actually being brutally oppressed, and I would assume that the overwhelming majority of people involved in complaining about minor events like this have not and probably never will do anything to address that. So do they really care, or are they just virtue signaling?
    - harryjo 10y ago
      No one complained by unnecessarily gendering "Mr." Drummond and downgrading his Juris Doctor's title to "Mr". Why not?

JshWright 10y ago

> I'm skeptical that the investor that said that meant anything by it. I think that's rather the point... If the investor were aware of the sexist nature of his comment, it wouldn't be necessary to raise awareness in the first place. Just because something isn't malicious doesn't mean it isn't sexist. It comes across as a diminutive affix.

jsmith0295 10y ago
So who gets to decide that it's sexist? Anyone who feels that it is? If thats the case, I think that assuming its sexist is itself sexist, and now we're in the same boat. I'm sure if someone took offense and mentioned it to the investor he would've apologized. There's no need to turn it into some kind of political campaign and publicly mock the guy.
- parenthephobia 10y ago
  > So who gets to decide that it's sexist? Anyone who feels that it is? Yes. Everyone gets to decide whether things are sexist, whether and when that's a problem, and whether another person having different opinions about any of that should effect the way they act towards that person.
- JshWright 10y ago
  As another commenter mentioned, would it have been appropriate for him to direct a question to "the black CTO"?
  - jsmith0295 10y ago
    No, but that's really not the same thing at all. It's common to refer to people in the context of their gender (Mr., Ms., etc) but you just don't do that with race. Really, the fact that this is even being focused on as sexism is crazy. In much of the world women are actually being brutally oppressed, and I would assume that the overwhelming majority of people involved in complaining about minor events like this have not and probably never will do anything to address that. So do they really care, or are they just virtue signaling?
  - harryjo 10y ago
    No one complained by unnecessarily gendering "Mr." Drummond and downgrading his Juris Doctor's title to "Mr". Why not?