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And a third person kept phoning various people's workplaces and accusing them of being involved in child pornography. Seriously? I'm having a hard time believi

by Peroni 15y ago

And a third person kept phoning various people's workplaces and accusing them of being involved in child pornography. Seriously? I'm having a hard time believing that this was instigated purely because she's a female developer. Surely there was more to it than her gender for someone to stoop that low?

anon1385 15y ago
It wasn't just that she was female, it was that she was female and spoke out against the disgusting behaviour she saw and experienced. Sadly this is not limited to the tech community; feminist bloggers in general have to deal with an unbelievable amount of shit.
- Peroni 15y ago
  Either way, it takes an absolute lowlife to be that over the top over something so trivial.
rauljara 15y ago
"Bayley wrote, in a blog entry for the Geek Feminist website, which she founded..." "This kind of harassment and bullying is endemic in many circles, including towards women in technical communities, particularly if they _complain about community norms_." So no, she wasn't harassed to this degree just because of her gender. She was harassed because she had spoken up about other, less disgustingly over the top issues.
parfe 15y ago
Reminds me of http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=2938270 http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=2938270 That story started as a female blogger attacked for being a successful female in tech. It's an easy simplification. Meanwhile, I followed that story and it turns out (unrelated to tech, success, or being female) she was involved in breaking up a marriage (being the other woman) which lead to harassment from a Christian fundamentalist relative. While I have no doubt individuals can be hostile towards women in tech, I generally find posts from people heavily involved in a cause tend to re-contextualize stories to fit their narrative. If you read a blog post from feminists in tech you are going to read a post about how women are mistreated in tech. Which turns a story about an former partner calling up the work place to harass his ex girlfriend into an attack on women in tech.

by Peroni 15y ago

anon1385 15y ago

It wasn't just that she was female, it was that she was female and spoke out against the disgusting behaviour she saw and experienced. Sadly this is not limited to the tech community; feminist bloggers in general have to deal with an unbelievable amount of shit.

Peroni 15y ago
Either way, it takes an absolute lowlife to be that over the top over something so trivial.

rauljara 15y ago

"Bayley wrote, in a blog entry for the Geek Feminist website, which she founded..." "This kind of harassment and bullying is endemic in many circles, including towards women in technical communities, particularly if they _complain about community norms_." So no, she wasn't harassed to this degree just because of her gender. She was harassed because she had spoken up about other, less disgustingly over the top issues.

parfe 15y ago

Reminds me of http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=2938270 http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=2938270 That story started as a female blogger attacked for being a successful female in tech. It's an easy simplification. Meanwhile, I followed that story and it turns out (unrelated to tech, success, or being female) she was involved in breaking up a marriage (being the other woman) which lead to harassment from a Christian fundamentalist relative. While I have no doubt individuals can be hostile towards women in tech, I generally find posts from people heavily involved in a cause tend to re-contextualize stories to fit their narrative. If you read a blog post from feminists in tech you are going to read a post about how women are mistreated in tech. Which turns a story about an former partner calling up the work place to harass his ex girlfriend into an attack on women in tech.