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tasogare 7y ago
> My favorite Tweet ever was someone who described this process that dudes do where they show up, take over a hobby, and drive all the fun out (and thus women) as "MENTRIFICATION". It is my new favorite word. You seemed to have missed that part.
- seiferteric 7y ago
  I don't think it is inherently sexist to suggest that men or woman may exhibit certain behaviors more than the other. I am not sure when we crossed the line that making any such suggestion is inherently sexist.
  - giggles_giggles 7y ago
    It's pretty sexist to imply that only men exhibit this particular form of gatekeeping or making men in the minority of some hobby group feel out of place, and then coining a term for it with "men" right in the name, as though women never do what is described. Complain about some subset of the population who has made a lifestyle choice you don't like (bros) all you want. But "mentrification"? Give me a break. That's just a prejudicial slur.
    - taco_emoji 7y ago
      "Prejudicial slur"? Give ME a break.
  - uxp100 7y ago
    "Mentrification" suggests that men enter women's hobbies and ruin them. It also suggests that there is a right and wrong way to engage with things (See conversations about how men and women engage with fiction differently, analysis vs elaboration, power rankings vs fan-fiction, etc). Rather than saying the word "mentrification" is sexist, which is a complex question (like nobody is being hurt because someone on twitter comes up with a funny phrase), I'd rather say, if someone used mentrification in earnest, they're probably a shitty person and I don't want to hang out with them.
    - seiferteric 7y ago
      I agree that Mentrification is not the right word. The OP was implying it can happen in hobbies already dominated by men, not just hobbies dominated by woman. Perhaps Brotrification would be better.
      - scrumper 7y ago
        Which'd then lose the clever linkage to "metrification" which is what it's all about.
        seiferteric 7y ago
        pretty sure it was a play on gentrification
  - fizwhiz 7y ago
    > I don't think it is inherently sexist to suggest that men or woman may exhibit certain behaviors more than the other. Damore, is that you?
  - hnaccy 7y ago
    >I don't think it is inherently sexist to suggest that men or woman may exhibit certain behaviors more than the other. Cue James Damore.
- deleted 7y ago
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How?

> My favorite Tweet ever was someone who described this process that dudes do where they show up, take over a hobby, and drive all the fun out (and thus women) as "MENTRIFICATION". It is my new favorite word. You seemed to have missed that part.

seiferteric 7y ago
I don't think it is inherently sexist to suggest that men or woman may exhibit certain behaviors more than the other. I am not sure when we crossed the line that making any such suggestion is inherently sexist.
- giggles_giggles 7y ago
  It's pretty sexist to imply that only men exhibit this particular form of gatekeeping or making men in the minority of some hobby group feel out of place, and then coining a term for it with "men" right in the name, as though women never do what is described. Complain about some subset of the population who has made a lifestyle choice you don't like (bros) all you want. But "mentrification"? Give me a break. That's just a prejudicial slur.
  - taco_emoji 7y ago
    "Prejudicial slur"? Give ME a break.
- uxp100 7y ago
  "Mentrification" suggests that men enter women's hobbies and ruin them. It also suggests that there is a right and wrong way to engage with things (See conversations about how men and women engage with fiction differently, analysis vs elaboration, power rankings vs fan-fiction, etc). Rather than saying the word "mentrification" is sexist, which is a complex question (like nobody is being hurt because someone on twitter comes up with a funny phrase), I'd rather say, if someone used mentrification in earnest, they're probably a shitty person and I don't want to hang out with them.
  - seiferteric 7y ago
    I agree that Mentrification is not the right word. The OP was implying it can happen in hobbies already dominated by men, not just hobbies dominated by woman. Perhaps Brotrification would be better.
    - scrumper 7y ago
      Which'd then lose the clever linkage to "metrification" which is what it's all about.
      - seiferteric 7y ago
        pretty sure it was a play on gentrification
- fizwhiz 7y ago
  > I don't think it is inherently sexist to suggest that men or woman may exhibit certain behaviors more than the other. Damore, is that you?
- hnaccy 7y ago
  >I don't think it is inherently sexist to suggest that men or woman may exhibit certain behaviors more than the other. Cue James Damore.
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