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Comparisons like this always make me cringe. Do we have to use women as the comparison for things like this? As a woman in tech, this kind of comparison almost

Comparisons like this always make me cringe. Do we have to use women as the comparison for things like this? As a woman in tech, this kind of comparison almost always makes me want to disengage.

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laumars 9y ago
As a man in tech I still had the same reaction. At best it just screams amature hour. At worst it is downright misogynistic. Frankly, to me it comes off a little of both. The only redeeming thing here is that quote wasn't made by the GNUstep maintainers but from the comments section on the blog. However the GNUstep maintainers should have known better than to include said quote on their homepage.
- abrowne 9y ago
  As a person in the world I had the same reaction!
pjmlp 9y ago
As man in tech, that had the pleasure of working with very good fellow technical females, I fully agree with you. We don't need stuff that turns good professionals away from our field.
_jal 9y ago
Don't blame you a bit. I do dismiss people like this - life is too short for dealing with them, even the ones who are clueless rather than actively hostile. Suggestion for clueless men who think this makes you look worldly or cool: if you can easily substitute inanimate objects in your metaphor that otherwise involves the dehumanizing half the planet, do so. You might eventually become actually worldly and cool someday if you start practicing now. If, on the other hand, the esteem and praise of 14 year old boys and men who still act like them is all you care about, please, by all means, keep it up. It makes my life easier when people I don't want to be around advertise.
stillhere 9y ago
You're free to make your own comparisons to whatever you want. He obviously likes women. Woops.
- dang 9y ago
  We've banned this account for posting trollish flamebait. These threads are toxic enough without people pouring toxins in on purpose.
dang 9y ago
It makes me cringe too. How deaf and gross.

Comparisons like this always make me cringe. Do we have to use women as the comparison for things like this? As a woman in tech, this kind of comparison almost always makes me want to disengage.

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laumars 9y ago

As a man in tech I still had the same reaction. At best it just screams amature hour. At worst it is downright misogynistic. Frankly, to me it comes off a little of both. The only redeeming thing here is that quote wasn't made by the GNUstep maintainers but from the comments section on the blog. However the GNUstep maintainers should have known better than to include said quote on their homepage.

abrowne 9y ago
As a person in the world I had the same reaction!

pjmlp 9y ago

As man in tech, that had the pleasure of working with very good fellow technical females, I fully agree with you. We don't need stuff that turns good professionals away from our field.

_jal 9y ago

Don't blame you a bit. I do dismiss people like this - life is too short for dealing with them, even the ones who are clueless rather than actively hostile. Suggestion for clueless men who think this makes you look worldly or cool: if you can easily substitute inanimate objects in your metaphor that otherwise involves the dehumanizing half the planet, do so. You might eventually become actually worldly and cool someday if you start practicing now. If, on the other hand, the esteem and praise of 14 year old boys and men who still act like them is all you care about, please, by all means, keep it up. It makes my life easier when people I don't want to be around advertise.

stillhere 9y ago

You're free to make your own comparisons to whatever you want. He obviously likes women. Woops.

dang 9y ago
We've banned this account for posting trollish flamebait. These threads are toxic enough without people pouring toxins in on purpose.

dang 9y ago

It makes me cringe too. How deaf and gross.