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Are you kidding me? This comment is so laughable. No wonder people talk about the tech industry as being male-dominated and full of rampant sexism.

et-al 10y ago
The author actually mentions similar things.. > The juxtapositions in Kiev are manifold: people are either really hard on each other or very kind, the architecture beautiful or ugly, the smiles are wide and real, or faces rigid like stone, the women hot and the guys not [...] > My move to Kiev was more of an accident laced with the intangible—a decision rooted in a feeling and impulse over rationality or reason. I can point out the obvious: it’s a beautiful city, it’s an economical place to live, it’s in a great position to connect with the world (2 hours to Istanbul, 2 hours to Berlin), it’s adventurous, it’s a city with a rich soul, its women are beautiful, it’s real, it has human connections that run deep, it’s modest with a rich history, and so on…. Personally, I felt like the author was trying too hard to be a travel writer that romanticised what he saw.
zbr21365 10y ago
If I hadn't lived in NYC/Philly/some European capitals before SF, I'd be tempted agree with you. SF was a far far far harder place to connect with new friends, especially women to date. (trying hard not to sound like some MRA asshole) References to sexual reality != sexism.
ryanlol 10y ago
Calling that sexist is uncharitable at best. The comment barely discusses gender, but focuses on the dating scene somewhere.
legostormtroopr 10y ago
How exactly is this even remotely sexist? There is pretty solid data on the fact that the Bay Area has far more men than women. Dating is (to an extent) a numbers game - if there are 100 men in an area and 80 women in an area, all straight and all looking for love, then 20 men are going to be single. Also, being a developer in San Francisco one of the most common jobs. This kind of knee-jerk, virtue-signalling comment is what has devalued the word "sexist". [0] http://visualizing.nyc/bay-area-zip-codes-singles-map/ http://visualizing.nyc/bay-area-zip-codes-singles-map/

et-al 10y ago

The author actually mentions similar things.. > The juxtapositions in Kiev are manifold: people are either really hard on each other or very kind, the architecture beautiful or ugly, the smiles are wide and real, or faces rigid like stone, the women hot and the guys not [...] > My move to Kiev was more of an accident laced with the intangible—a decision rooted in a feeling and impulse over rationality or reason. I can point out the obvious: it’s a beautiful city, it’s an economical place to live, it’s in a great position to connect with the world (2 hours to Istanbul, 2 hours to Berlin), it’s adventurous, it’s a city with a rich soul, its women are beautiful, it’s real, it has human connections that run deep, it’s modest with a rich history, and so on…. Personally, I felt like the author was trying too hard to be a travel writer that romanticised what he saw.

zbr21365 10y ago

If I hadn't lived in NYC/Philly/some European capitals before SF, I'd be tempted agree with you. SF was a far far far harder place to connect with new friends, especially women to date. (trying hard not to sound like some MRA asshole) References to sexual reality != sexism.

ryanlol 10y ago

Calling that sexist is uncharitable at best. The comment barely discusses gender, but focuses on the dating scene somewhere.

legostormtroopr 10y ago

How exactly is this even remotely sexist? There is pretty solid data on the fact that the Bay Area has far more men than women. Dating is (to an extent) a numbers game - if there are 100 men in an area and 80 women in an area, all straight and all looking for love, then 20 men are going to be single. Also, being a developer in San Francisco one of the most common jobs. This kind of knee-jerk, virtue-signalling comment is what has devalued the word "sexist". [0] http://visualizing.nyc/bay-area-zip-codes-singles-map/ http://visualizing.nyc/bay-area-zip-codes-singles-map/