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We don’t want to always have to be talking about this. So, then, just stop. You have posted six articles to HN so far and they all appear to be about this same
by Mz 9y ago
We don’t want to always have to be talking about this.
So, then, just stop. You have posted six articles to HN so far and they all appear to be about this same subject. I would be thrilled if you wrote about something else and posted that.
I get it: The door has been opened and this stuff is getting a certain amount of sympathy here on HN and not merely being completely pissed all over for a change. So, you and a few other women are all excited as hell that you can feel heard for a change.
But being heard as just a victim is not real progress. It actually helps keep this problem alive. While you have a little bit of attention, why not talk about cool tech or something so that the world can see you as something other than a whiny bitch?
I like talking about this subject at times myself. When I do comment on it, it gets vastly more attention than most other things I do. So, I fully understand how the behavior of other people contributes to this cycle of only talking about being a woman in tech because it is the most positive experience you have had all day. Everything else you have said on any other subject has probably been largely ignored or completely shot down.
But, ultimately, it is on us women to decide to put the focus on other things.
It's fine if you find it cathartic to blog about this. I do plenty of blogging to process stuff. But, if this is the ONLY thing you blog about and/or the ONLY thing you post to HN, you are part of the problem, not part of the solution.