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A person who wrote that Bay Area women are "soft", "weak" "useless baggage" that "should be traded for shotgun shells" should not be entrusted with a position w
by MyHypatia 5y ago
A person who wrote that Bay Area women are "soft", "weak" "useless baggage" that "should be traded for shotgun shells" should not be entrusted with a position where he evaluates other people's job performance.
- SamReidHughes 5y agoThe article quotes one of those Bay Area woman in tech who finds her job and life "exhausting." A common affliction. Why are these strong Bay Area women so exhausted all the time?
- SirSourdough 5y agoAre you implying that men in tech in the Bay Area don’t find their jobs exhausting? There are posts by men from the Bay Area talking about burn out on HN every day. Now imagine you are a woman in an industry dominated by men, a significant portion of whom make sly, lightly veiled sexist comments (like yours seems to be) all the time. Wouldn’t that make it even more exhausting than it is for the men?
- SamReidHughes 5y agoMaybe they'd be less exhausted if they focused on doing their job instead of complaining about men. People with some level of capability aren't the ones worried about being considered weak or useless and whining in public about how they are exhausted as if twitter was some kind of personal pity party. But what do I know, I live in SoCal. Which, I've observed, has more high quality women per capita than the Bay Area. I think it's because of the beaches.
- SirSourdough 5y agoSo much for lightly veiled... I think this comment is a perfect example of why women feel the need to speak out against sexism. They wouldn’t need to “complain” if people like you would just listen.
- w0de0 5y agoMaybe you'd be better at your job if you wasted less time complaining about women on Internet fora.
- dang 5y agoPlease not here Sam. https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html
- SamReidHughes 5y agoSorry Dan.