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Wrong. The joke was not sexist in any way - to call it so is a deliberate misrepresentation of the situation.

• shardling 14y ago
  There are varying definitions of the word sexist that complicate the issue -- but here it doesn't matter! Because Adria didn't call them sexist, certainly not in the twitter or blog posts I've read. She just said it made her uncomfortable.
  • doktrin 14y ago
    She made allegations of harassment and alluded to gender issues. Most people accept that "sexism" was at issue here, and she herself doesn't dispute this. There's no sense in nitpicking on minor semantics.
    • shardling 14y ago
      Ok, so tell that to the folk upthread who started using exactly that set of semantics as part of their attack on Adria. ("The joke was not sexist in any way".)
      • doktrin 14y ago
        This is about how she portrayed the events. She accused them of being sexist, referring to the action as harassment and calling the individuals involved "assclowns". I don't really see how the joke is sexist either, but that's not really the issue here.