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There is a lot of sexism out there for sure, but is this app doing any more than poking fun at men who were caught looking at womens' breasts? Are men out there

by rpicard 13y ago

There is a lot of sexism out there for sure, but is this app doing any more than poking fun at men who were caught looking at womens' breasts? Are men out there really going to say that we never sneak a peek at a woman's cleavage? Is that sexist? I understand that there are a lot of different perspectives though, so maybe some women out there could explain what I'm missing.

glesica 13y ago
"Sneaking a peak at women's breasts" is fundamentally different than "presenting an app related to staring at women's tits at a tech conference to an audience of mixed gender and age, with widely varying sensibilities". Checking out an attractive individual in a non-aggressive manner? Totally fine, carry on. Making as ass of yourself and possibly offending a ton of people? Not fine, GTFO. This isn't about checking out attractive members of the opposite sex, it's about being potentially offensive in a totally inappropriate setting.
- rpicard 13y ago
  I don't see how there's anything fundamentally offensive about it. Maybe immature, but harmless from my point of view.
  - glesica 13y ago
    From your point of you, yes, that's exactly the problem.
  - untog 13y ago
    I'm going to throw out a wild theory here: you're not a woman, are you?
    - rpicard 13y ago
      No, but it's not just men versus women. I know plenty of women that would think it's funny. It seems like the thing here is that it was unprofessional, and some people don't like that. It's a valid opinion, but it's not along gender lines.
logjam 13y ago
Hi. I'm a man, and I'll explain exactly what you're missing. There are no different perspectives that you need to try to understand. This was a gutless, sexist, little shitfest in front of a tech audience in a supposedly professional forum, not someone sneaking a peak at a woman. Do you and the rest of the geniuses who are unable to read the article and who are commenting below about "evolution" and other horseshit really, really not get this? And to any other eternal 14 year olds out there who think there is anything "hilarious" about this, please understand that if you behave like the morons cited you will have an increasingly difficult time getting a job anywhere after a stunt like this. And many of us will make it our business to get in your face quite a bit more than that.
- rpicard 13y ago
  What article was there? I just saw that there was a video that was unavailable.

by rpicard 13y ago

glesica 13y ago

"Sneaking a peak at women's breasts" is fundamentally different than "presenting an app related to staring at women's tits at a tech conference to an audience of mixed gender and age, with widely varying sensibilities". Checking out an attractive individual in a non-aggressive manner? Totally fine, carry on. Making as ass of yourself and possibly offending a ton of people? Not fine, GTFO. This isn't about checking out attractive members of the opposite sex, it's about being potentially offensive in a totally inappropriate setting.

rpicard 13y ago
I don't see how there's anything fundamentally offensive about it. Maybe immature, but harmless from my point of view.
- glesica 13y ago
  From your point of you, yes, that's exactly the problem.
- untog 13y ago
  I'm going to throw out a wild theory here: you're not a woman, are you?
  - rpicard 13y ago
    No, but it's not just men versus women. I know plenty of women that would think it's funny. It seems like the thing here is that it was unprofessional, and some people don't like that. It's a valid opinion, but it's not along gender lines.

logjam 13y ago

Hi. I'm a man, and I'll explain exactly what you're missing. There are no different perspectives that you need to try to understand. This was a gutless, sexist, little shitfest in front of a tech audience in a supposedly professional forum, not someone sneaking a peak at a woman. Do you and the rest of the geniuses who are unable to read the article and who are commenting below about "evolution" and other horseshit really, really not get this? And to any other eternal 14 year olds out there who think there is anything "hilarious" about this, please understand that if you behave like the morons cited you will have an increasingly difficult time getting a job anywhere after a stunt like this. And many of us will make it our business to get in your face quite a bit more than that.

rpicard 13y ago
What article was there? I just saw that there was a video that was unavailable.