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The title is a DISGRACE! What about the 1% of the audience that will teach their daughter instead? This extreme sexist attitude is why there aren't enough wom
by dextorious 15y ago
The title is a DISGRACE!
What about the 1% of the audience that will teach their daughter instead?
This extreme sexist attitude is why there aren't enough women startup founders --and not enough women at the parties me and my buddies throw, like last month's "Yacc and Lex Appreciation Party". We even had free Jolt Cola!
- jawns 15y agoThe OP is from Italy; it may be the case that English is not his first language, and that he simply made an error.
- AdamN 15y agoI have to imagine that the title was written by a non-native english speaker - or it was a crude joke. In this day and age, I can't imagine a native english speaker using gendered language in this situation.
- talmand 15y agoWow, overreact much?
- mooism2 15y agoDid you see the original title before the OP changed it? I thought dextorious's comment was intended to satirise both the people who complain about sexism in hacker culture, and the people who insist there's no sexism in hacker culture.
- talmand 15y agoI did not, but I know what the original title was. I just don't feel the need to make assumptions based on a line of text when I may not understand the context. I, for one, would not accuse someone of sexism because they chose "your son" over "your child". This is a big world, different people from different cultures have different ways of saying things. I have to admit, I did sense a hint of sarcasm to the post but I suppose it was too subtle for me.
- mooism2 15y agoMy objection was only ever that the title was sexist. I didn't accuse antirez of being sexist, and I didn't see anyone else accuse antirez of being sexist. It's unfortunate that dextorious's comment led you to believe that people opposed to sexism were making assumptions.
- doktrin 15y agoIt was clearly a tongue in cheek response.
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- dextorious 15y agoActually, I find the whole thing a non-issue. I was just mocking similar responses prevalent in a lot of HN comments...
- _corbett 15y agoalas I thought your comment was serious. it's awesome that you have had the opportunity to find it a non-issue and unfortunate that you have decided to. http://www.amazon.com/Unlocking-Clubhouse-Computing-Jane-Margolis/dp/0262133989 http://www.amazon.com/Unlocking-Clubhouse-Computing-Jane-Mar... is a pretty good academic references, with plenty of examples of parents who actually do do this (teach sons and not daughters), hard research, and practical solutions. luckily it actually isn't that hard to start on the path to fix for those who bother to find it an issue (CMU and MIT among them).