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From the video: > I would much rather be acknowledged for the work that I do rather than being a woman doing the type of work that I do.
by snakeboy 9y ago
From the video:
> I would much rather be acknowledged for the work that I do rather than being a woman doing the type of work that I do.
- Pxtl 9y agoJust think of the appalling number of propositions she must get every day, what with being a nerd dream-girl and all.
- cantrip 9y ago"nerd dream-girl" whatever you mean by that has little to do with it. She's a woman on the Internet so she is sexually harassed. She's a woman in the world so she is sexually harassed on the street. And even though the parent comment attempted to steer the discussion away from sexualizing her by directly quoting her desire to do so, you brought it back with a pointless comment about some ill-defined nerd-girl fantasy.
- brailsafe 9y agoSo much animosity.
- WillReplyfFood 9y agoA wild knight in shining armor appears to save the damsel in distress.
- randyrand 9y agois that quote relevant here?
- deleted 9y ago[deleted]
- King-Aaron 9y agoYou know, someone can have a 'crush' on someone and be from the same sex, or hold that 'crush' for reasons other than physical attraction.
- aalleavitch 9y agoYeah, geeze, I think everyone really took this the wrong way. I'd have just as much of a crush on her if she was a guy instead.
- wowtip 9y agoBut that is also a bit of a two edged sword. How much of her youtube success is due to her being a pretty girl?
- onion2k 9y agoHow much of her youtube success is due to her being a pretty girl? Let's assume 0, just as we would if it was a good looking man.
- andai 9y agoWell, you're not right.
- onion2k 9y agoI can talk about Simone's work without adding a caveat of "...for a pretty woman" to explain why her ingenuity and humor is successful. I might be wrong, but I think it's worth it.
- deleted 9y ago[deleted]
- croon 9y agoI hate to say it, but most successful guys on youtube are good looking too. It's an entertainment thing in general, regardless of what we feel about merits.
- onion2k 9y agoThe number of people who see Tom Scott's channel and suggest he wouldn't have a million subscribers if he wasn't as handsome is close enough to zero to be negligible. People believe that his success comes from his content rather than what he looks like. It's perfectly reasonable to assume the same is true for channels hosted by women. We could be wrong, just as we could be wrong about Tom's subscribers, but everyone's better off for it so maybe being wrong is fine.