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What do you base your assessment on?

• GordonS 12y ago
  I base this 'assessment' on the fact that not all men are unprofessional, drooling apes.
  • DanBC 12y ago
    But you are a man and so you don't get to see the vast amounts of sexist unprofessional behaviour that women have to put up with.
    • GordonS 12y ago
      Regardless of my gender, I also know that not every man is a sexist bastard hell-bent on shagging every woman he meets. I really do find it ridiculous and offensive (slanderous, even) to suggest that all men (or 50% of men; it's not clear it the OP meant 50% of people or 50% of men) are like that.
      • freedombeer 12y ago
        My experience is different. I see the majority of men, irrespective of height and hair color, are actually drooling apes with shagging as their primary objective, often preceded by turgid double-entendres. Mirrors elude them, clearly. I often find myself treated as a sex object by both men and women in the most inappropriate settings, finding it necessary to remind people that some self-control with strangers would be more welcome than the pawing and expectant lame chat-up that they see as so important.
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  • ryanx435 12y ago
    just wanted to let you know that I agree. and I'm also sick of being blamed for a small minority of other men's actions. cheers, mate
  • freedombeer 12y ago
    The majority are, given half a chance. Introduce alcohol and many imagine they've been handed that chance. Macho shit permeates technology-related startups, from the language used throughout, to the expectations, preening and nostalgic whining about doing good and creating beautiful applications. The points raised by the author are clear and valid, and no bleating about how difficult it is to be a man will change that. Oh, and the fix isn't to tell women to man-up...