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These comments are already a toxic hellstew of nasty sexism couched in dispassionate pseudo-objective terms. HN reminds me regularly that the problem is even wo
by pwinnski 7y ago
These comments are already a toxic hellstew of nasty sexism couched in dispassionate pseudo-objective terms. HN reminds me regularly that the problem is even worse (at least in some corners of tech) than occasional links here suggest.
If your response to an article is to double-down on sexism, you are very much part of the problem.
For everyone else, working for and with women, or having women work for and with you, doesn't have to be scary at all. Just don't be awful, and they probably won't be either. Since you work in tech, presumably, or you wouldn't be here, try thinking of all of your colleagues as "people" instead of "men and women." It's not like it should matter in this field.
- viklove 7y agoI find it ironic how your comment complaining about sexism is incredibly sexist
- eigenstuff 7y agoAs a woman: no, this comments section is a sexist dumpster fire of the usual "but false accusations!" variety that paints women as generally being out to get men, because... Who knows! I still haven't figured out what our motivation is for all the alleged false accusations we apparently enjoy making, and I'm pretty sure in reality we all just want to live our lives and mind our own business. But also, you know, have some protection or recourse if some co-worker thinks it's cute to grope us or make gross comments about our boobs or something. I enjoy reading HN, but it absolutely has a sexism problem and it shows everytime an article about something like this is posted. You know how to not get "falsely" accused of harassment? Don't be a creep and don't treat your woman collegues as being lesser-than. Really not that hard. I promise.
- commandlinefan 7y ago> they probably won't be That probably isn't very reassuring... and explains exactly why so many men are worried.