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I have no problem with articles on sex appearing on HN-I assume most of us are adults-but it's disappointing that there aren't similar topics for men. I'm not s

by duaneb 14y ago

I have no problem with articles on sex appearing on HN-I assume most of us are adults-but it's disappointing that there aren't similar topics for men. I'm not sure whether it's because male sexuality is narrower (yet, strangely, far more accepted if it's accepted at all) or because an article on female sexuality is more popular among the (presumably) male-dominated site. Anyway, this is the first article of it's kind I've ever seen on HN, so I'm not too worried. I haven't seen anything remotely approaching the misogyny that feels absolutely rampant on the rest of the internet (e.g. Reddit) that drove me here. In any case, more directly addressing your comment, I think it's a great question to ask- gender and sex differences in society are always interesting/potentially fruitful discussion topics, IMHO.

tagada 14y ago
There aren't similar topics for men because men's sexuality is thought as being bestial, mechanical and obscene and vulgar, while women sexuality is thought as being sensual, soft, sweet and so on. Plus the nerd's world is full of men who are fascinated by women, and so they obviously are by women's topics. That's the reason why this article is that successful - even if the content and the descrition of the technical process is nice, there is nothing really incredible here, it's a soft easy reverse engineering and basic electronics hacking ... Nothing to justify the fist rank on HN during several days. There should be a study about that. "How a women's sexuality topic make the nerds thinking with their wand only".
cindygallop 14y ago
Absolutely. You might find this piece from HuffPoUK on gender differences in marketing sex toys which I was interviewed for, interesting: http://www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/2012/11/20/sex-toys-sexist-relationships-language_n_2163982.html http://www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/2012/11/20/sex-toys-sexist-r...

by duaneb 14y ago

tagada 14y ago

There aren't similar topics for men because men's sexuality is thought as being bestial, mechanical and obscene and vulgar, while women sexuality is thought as being sensual, soft, sweet and so on. Plus the nerd's world is full of men who are fascinated by women, and so they obviously are by women's topics. That's the reason why this article is that successful - even if the content and the descrition of the technical process is nice, there is nothing really incredible here, it's a soft easy reverse engineering and basic electronics hacking ... Nothing to justify the fist rank on HN during several days. There should be a study about that. "How a women's sexuality topic make the nerds thinking with their wand only".

cindygallop 14y ago

Absolutely. You might find this piece from HuffPoUK on gender differences in marketing sex toys which I was interviewed for, interesting: http://www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/2012/11/20/sex-toys-sexist-relationships-language_n_2163982.html http://www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/2012/11/20/sex-toys-sexist-r...