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Where is it writ that a person's right to not endure offensive speech trumps another person's right to express themselves? Of course I would opine that a person
by ElComradio 12y ago
Where is it writ that a person's right to not endure offensive speech trumps another person's right to express themselves? Of course I would opine that a person being needlessly offensive is a jerk but where would I get off insisting she has to change her behavior to suit my tastes?
- zachwooddoughty 12y agoI think it's important to look at this as part of a more widespread issue than a few individuals expressing themselves inappropriately. When women are so ridiculously under-represented in the tech industry and are facing both explicit and structural discrimination, it's important to speak out against this behavior. Put another way: women's "jerkiness" does not make it harder for men in the tech industry, but men's "jerkiness" does make it harder for women in the tech industry.
- ElComradio 12y agoI appreciate your views and believe they are sincere but when considering "the big picture", I don't think anyone can actually prove anything except there are fewer women in tech. In the big picture how can you show women as a group have it harder? I am a man. It is true I have not been asked to fondle someone under a table to close a deal. It is also true I have never been favored by a boss because he found me attractive. I am not claiming it's easier to be a woman, just that it cannot really be shown which group has it easier. Individual experience can get us closer to certainties but not all the way even then.
- arrrg 12y agoBecause that would be a polite thing to do? This is mostly not about rights. It’s also about proper and polite behaviour.
- ElComradio 12y agoHow polite one finds it depends entirely on how much one sympathizes with the request.