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Hmm, not completely sure what this article is getting at but it seems to be implying that men and women are the same and would feel the same way when reacting t

Hmm, not completely sure what this article is getting at but it seems to be implying that men and women are the same and would feel the same way when reacting to such things as sexual harassment and whether or not you're desirable to the opposite sex. That's basically a completely false premise. Because of biological facts and the resultant social history, men and women have completely different values and attitudes to sex. As such this story seems pretty unrealistic to me. That's not to say that patriarchy doesn't suck and that women doesn't face a lot of adversity in tech and so on.

zenogais 14y ago
I'm kinda hoping this is a joke, but I'm also guessing not. The point is you would feel as helpless and frustrated as women do now if the tables were turned and the entire social structure was set up so as to belittle you and give you little recourse to respond. Also men and women are very similar in terms of values and attitudes towards sex regardless of the prevailing popular myths.
- KaoruAoiShiho 14y ago
  >prevailing popular myths Lovely arrogance. Please look up Terri D. Conley and Sexual Strategies Theory.
- NotMyMorals 14y ago
  >Also men and women are very similar in terms of values and attitudes towards sex regardless of the prevailing popular myths. In the sense they both expect different values and attitudes towards sex from men and women. Keep your religion-derived asexual "men and women are the same" nonsense to your church or feminist club.
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sp332 14y ago
I have to disagree. It's actually pretty trivial to create a situation that puts men at the same disadvantage, and it happens all the time in other industries. Heck I saw it really happen when it was supposed to be a joke.
antihero 14y ago
No it's reversing the social history too. Why would the scenarios in the story have ever come up if the social history hadn't been reversed? tl;dr whoosh
- tomp 14y ago
  It's also reversing the gender biology. And that's a problem.

zenogais 14y ago

I'm kinda hoping this is a joke, but I'm also guessing not. The point is you would feel as helpless and frustrated as women do now if the tables were turned and the entire social structure was set up so as to belittle you and give you little recourse to respond. Also men and women are very similar in terms of values and attitudes towards sex regardless of the prevailing popular myths.

KaoruAoiShiho 14y ago
>prevailing popular myths Lovely arrogance. Please look up Terri D. Conley and Sexual Strategies Theory.
NotMyMorals 14y ago
>Also men and women are very similar in terms of values and attitudes towards sex regardless of the prevailing popular myths. In the sense they both expect different values and attitudes towards sex from men and women. Keep your religion-derived asexual "men and women are the same" nonsense to your church or feminist club.

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sp332 14y ago

I have to disagree. It's actually pretty trivial to create a situation that puts men at the same disadvantage, and it happens all the time in other industries. Heck I saw it really happen when it was supposed to be a joke.

antihero 14y ago

No it's reversing the social history too. Why would the scenarios in the story have ever come up if the social history hadn't been reversed? tl;dr whoosh

tomp 14y ago
It's also reversing the gender biology. And that's a problem.