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In acting and journalism, the pervy letters come from people outside the community which, ironically, can strengthen the sense of community becase women have a
by dandelany 12y ago
In acting and journalism, the pervy letters come from people outside the community which, ironically, can strengthen the sense of community becase women have a common external threat which unites them. In tech, the letters come from within, often from "well-respected" members of the tech world. It's no wonder this has the opposite effect.
- yummyfajitas 12y agoTrue - within the acting community there is primarily virtuous behavior. There is certainly no reputation for male gatekeepers within acting or music to perv on women trying to break into the field. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Casting_couch http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Casting_couch
- dandelany 12y agoYou specifically referred to "letters", which is what I was responding to. Obviously the "casting couch" phenomenon is not a good thing, but it's an entirely different phenomenon from one's own community doxxing them and continually sending them abusive hate mail and death threats until they don't feel safe in that community anymore. Your sarcasm and tone are really unwarranted, and I'm surprised to see it from someone whose comments are usually informative, interesting and respectful.
- yummyfajitas 12y agoYou are right - my comment was a bit unkind. My general thesis is that bad behavior (of this sort) will not turn women away from a high status field and good behavior will not push women towards a low status field (e.g., mathematics, physics, computing to a lesser extent). If you want to construct a theory making fine distinctions between different types of bad behavior, I'd love to hear that theory carefully laid out.