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Apologies, maybe I am misunderstanding this point: >Sigh...sometimes I wonder if I shouldn't change my username to "tokenwoman", a la "tokenadult". :P But are

Apologies, maybe I am misunderstanding this point: >Sigh...sometimes I wonder if I shouldn't change my username to "tokenwoman", a la "tokenadult". :P But are you suggesting that tokenwoman is synonymous with tokenadult, and by doing so suggesting men are children? If so, I consider this insulting rather than amusing. Sexist jokes are unwelcome regardless of the gender being targeted. If I've misunderstood you, then so be it.

groovy2shoes 13y ago
I think tokenadult's nickname is a reference to tokenism[1]. It's a tongue-in-cheek insinuation that he's the acting adult amongst a group of children. Just a joke. If that is correct, then tokenwoman would be the one woman in a group of men. It's a joke within a joke, though unfortunately one with echoes of truth, statistically speaking. Cool your jets, man. It wasn't meant to be offensive. [1]: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tokenism http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tokenism
- elohesra 13y ago
  > Cool your jets, man. It wasn't meant to be offensive. Please do not tell me to 'cool my jets'; this isn't 4chan. Now that the parent has explained what she meant, it's clear that it had nothing to do with conflating Woman and Adult. That said, if it had meant what I thought it meant then it would have been worth calling out, whether offense was intended or not.
  - croisillon 13y ago
    Excuse me, but... did you say "parent"? So you think you're a child?
- LukeShu 13y ago
  Not quite, tokenadult's username isn't not a tongue-in-cheek insinuation. The username originated on a website (http://www.artofproblemsolving.com/ http://www.artofproblemsolving.com/) where the majority of users actually are children, and he just chose to re-use that identity.
ericabiz 13y ago
You've misunderstood. My point was that women seem to be in rare supply on Hacker News. I find myself often commenting on items as one of the "token women" in the community (token, n. "a thing serving as a visible or tangible representation of a fact, quality, feeling, etc.")
- elohesra 13y ago
  Ah, and with the link further down to the TokenAdult username, it all makes sense. It was the link between Woman and Adult that was baffling me, as I've not been around the HN comments long enough to know who TokenAdult is.
  - ericabiz 13y ago
    Yep, a bit of inside baseball there, I suppose! Glad it's all sorted. :)
thepicard 13y ago
Or she was referencing this username... https://news.ycombinator.com/user?id=tokenadult https://news.ycombinator.com/user?id=tokenadult

groovy2shoes 13y ago

I think tokenadult's nickname is a reference to tokenism[1]. It's a tongue-in-cheek insinuation that he's the acting adult amongst a group of children. Just a joke. If that is correct, then tokenwoman would be the one woman in a group of men. It's a joke within a joke, though unfortunately one with echoes of truth, statistically speaking. Cool your jets, man. It wasn't meant to be offensive. [1]: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tokenism http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tokenism

elohesra 13y ago
> Cool your jets, man. It wasn't meant to be offensive. Please do not tell me to 'cool my jets'; this isn't 4chan. Now that the parent has explained what she meant, it's clear that it had nothing to do with conflating Woman and Adult. That said, if it had meant what I thought it meant then it would have been worth calling out, whether offense was intended or not.
- croisillon 13y ago
  Excuse me, but... did you say "parent"? So you think you're a child?
LukeShu 13y ago
Not quite, tokenadult's username isn't not a tongue-in-cheek insinuation. The username originated on a website (http://www.artofproblemsolving.com/ http://www.artofproblemsolving.com/) where the majority of users actually are children, and he just chose to re-use that identity.

ericabiz 13y ago

You've misunderstood. My point was that women seem to be in rare supply on Hacker News. I find myself often commenting on items as one of the "token women" in the community (token, n. "a thing serving as a visible or tangible representation of a fact, quality, feeling, etc.")

elohesra 13y ago
Ah, and with the link further down to the TokenAdult username, it all makes sense. It was the link between Woman and Adult that was baffling me, as I've not been around the HN comments long enough to know who TokenAdult is.
- ericabiz 13y ago
  Yep, a bit of inside baseball there, I suppose! Glad it's all sorted. :)

thepicard 13y ago

Or she was referencing this username... https://news.ycombinator.com/user?id=tokenadult https://news.ycombinator.com/user?id=tokenadult