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The clearest lesson I take from this article (and from this week's reaction on HN) is that it's very easy to feel defensive when someone accuses you of sexist b
by Steuard 14y ago
The clearest lesson I take from this article (and from this week's reaction on HN) is that it's very easy to feel defensive when someone accuses you of sexist behavior (or even someone you merely identify with). When that happens, a lot of folks lash out at the person who raised the issue, often more intensely than they deserve.
I rather expect this is one of the factors that leads women not to speak up when they feel uncomfortable. That's bad, right?
- AdrianRossouw 14y agoa lot of my female friends are terrified of speaking up at conferences because they don't want to run afoul of people like adria richards. There are several recent, documented, cases where groups like the ada initiative are rather viciously attacking other women because they don't agree with them. People weren't lashing out at her because she raised an issue about perceived sexist behaviour, they lashed out at her because she was seen as being a bully. As a gay man, if I had a militant online following that I sic'ed on some random person because I heard them make a joke about Lisp at a conference.. I would hope that people would stand up to me about it.