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> Men can talk to other men casually and get loads of useful information that is simply not accessible to me. That is just hard to understand. If your gender
by grondilu 8y ago
> Men can talk to other men casually and get loads of useful information that is simply not accessible to me.
That is just hard to understand. If your gender is an issue, why even make it public in the first place? I mean, ever heard of the saying "On the Internet, nobody knows you're a dog." ?
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/On_the_Internet,_nobody_knows_you%27re_a_dog https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/On_the_Internet,_nobody_knows_...
- the_af 8y agoHer username here is Doreen, and I assume that's her name. Why should she have to hide it? If she has to hide her sex in order to get meaningful answers, that right there is a huge impediment us men in tech never have to experience.
- grondilu 8y agoMost people on internet pick a fairly random, gender-neutral pseudonym. Your username for instance is "the_af". Her picking "Doreen" as a username was her publicizing her gender. She can't do that and at the same time complain about being treated as a woman. It's not a "huge impediment". She'd just have to pick a gender-neutral pseudonym. Is it really such a big deal?
- dang 8y agoWould you please stop posting unsubstantive comments in this thread (and in any HN thread)? You're crossing into trolling at this point.
- the_af 8y ago> She can't do that and at the same time complain about being treated as a woman. She's not complaining about "being treated as a woman"; she is specifically complaining about this: > "I can't join a chat or slack channel and count on getting help because I posted a question. I can count on being dismissed, sexually harassed and treated like an unwelcome intruder." I don't think people should have to hide their identity in order to be able to discuss tech with their peers without harassment or being dismissed.
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