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It's amusing how a simple statement like this can provoke so much defensive responses. Bro culture keeps talented people out, sometimes men, mostly women. It's
by kevintb 9y ago
It's amusing how a simple statement like this can provoke so much defensive responses. Bro culture keeps talented people out, sometimes men, mostly women. It's _bad_ for business!
We wouldn't be questioning something like: "racist workplaces keep talented minorities out." Can you imagine someone responding to that with "Let them readjust to me, not the other way around"?
- rullelito 9y agoI don't think this is the problem most people address.
- ihsw2 9y agoThe difference is it's a noticeably sexist statement disguised as non-sexist. Would you argue that your statement "racist workplaces keep talented minorities out" is equal to "white workplaces keep talented minorities out?" There is a difference between an argument against "bro culture" and an argument against "sexist culture" -- one is neutral whereas the other is clearly anti-male.
- amyjess 9y agoBro culture isn't the same thing as male culture. I personally know a lot of men who want nothing to do with bro culture, support feminism, and are generally good people. In fact, men who partake in bro culture have a number of slurs that they use to target men who want nothing to do with bro culture: these slurs include "nu-males" and "cucks" (and the latter has racist overtones, too). So, yes, I want the men who get slurred as "nu-males" to completely push bro culture out of the tech industry and replace them.
- hueving 9y agoI think you're confusing bro culture with red pillers.
- jbmorgado 9y agoI think you are actually being fed some propaganda about what red pillers are, cause after researching a bit, they are certainly not what you are saying they are. Check the documentary The Red Pill, it's made by an actual feminist (not 3rd wave) and she actually gives a balanced and honest view of the movement: http://theredpillmovie.com/ http://theredpillmovie.com/ Also, the 3rd wave feminist movements tried to shut the documentary down and the director had to resort to a crowdfunding campaign in order to be able to finish filming it.
- greglindahl 9y agoHN: a place where it's more interesting to debate how to label men who say 'cuck' than it is to debate whether or not calling people 'cucks' is positive for a company's culture.
- kevintb 9y agoYou seem to be confused by the definitions of "men" and "bro culture"
- KirinDave 9y ago> We wouldn't be questioning something like: "racist workplaces keep talented minorities out." This seems like a given, but a vile and vocal minority of people here do indeed question that.
- hueving 9y agoWell there is a culture of people into fitness, etc that identify as 'bros' which has nothing to do with behavior towards women. 'bro culture' has now been hijacked to mean 'sexual harassment culture'. It's similar to how many on this site get upset about 'hacker' being used in a derogatory sense.
- notyourday 9y ago> It's amusing how a simple statement like this can provoke so much defensive responses. Bro culture keeps talented people out, sometimes men, mostly women. It's _bad_ for business! Name a unicorn that does not have it.