"Being a man who has cis privilege, as a programmer, means:" Using the word "cis" is extremely demeaning, disrespectful, and is only used as a pejorative when

"Being a man who has cis privilege, as a programmer, means:" Using the word "cis" is extremely demeaning, disrespectful, and is only used as a pejorative when talking about men. "Never being the special case ("hi, guys -- and girls," This one is interesting to me because my entire life I have called any group of people (male or female), "guys". To me, it's just a generic word for people in general, regardless of gender. "Not having to worry that you will be insulted in a way that calls attention to your gender" There are plenty of insults that are male-specific and I won't repeat them here. "The freedom to listen to speakers say that software should be so easy to use that even your mom could use it without wondering whether they have you in mind." Yeah, they don't. When this phrase is used, it implies that older people (male or female) with little tech experience, can use it. "Not being accidentally called by the name of an employee who does not resemble you in any way except for gender" I've been called the wrong name more times than I can count because I look like someone. This isn't a gender-specific problem. "Not having your appearance used as a reason you should not be taken seriously" This should never happen and it's wrong. However, I think the issue is that too many women use their appearance to get what they want in life (business and personal life). Why aren't you calling these women out? "Freedom to do your job without anyone insinuating that you only got hired because of affirmative action or "quotas"" Blame the laws for this. If you don't want people thinking that you are being hired for affirmative action, don't have affirmative action laws in place. Sorry, but you can't have it both ways. "Freedom to attend a technical talk without anyone assuming that you're only there because your boyfriend dragged you along with him." You will never have this freedom. This is like asking all of Democrats to stop having bad opinions of a Republican. Everyone has the freedom to not like you or have a bad opinion of you. You just need to be above it. There will always be haters and you can't regulate thought. "The expectation that if you attend a professional conference, there will be a restroom you can use" I've never been to a conference that didn't have a Female bathroom. I'm lost on this one. "The freedom to watch a technical talk without being explicitly reminded that many of your colleagues see you primarily as a sex object" Sorry, but men see women as "sex objects". It's human nature and besides invasive surgery, there isn't any way to stop this. "Being invited to play video games with your colleagues, because they haven't assumed you won't be interested because of your gender." When I was in college, women were invited to play video games constantly but they were almost always never interested. When the majority of men have this experience, they aren't going to think you are interested. This will change, it will just take time. "Having colleagues who can close the door when they talk to you if the conversation is loud or should remain private, without anyone worrying about impropriety, assault, or false accusations" Sorry, but this is due to lawsuits and false accusations that have actually happened. I would do the same thing. It's being smart, not sexist. At my last company, it was required to have at least 3 people in the room. "The freedom to tell someone to "read the f--g manual" without ever being accused of PMS." Honestly, men are treated the same way...they are just called male-specific insults. "Never having anyone suggest that you slept your way into getting a bug fixed" Stop this behavior in the workplace (women sleeping with men to get ahead, which absolutely does happen) and you will no longer be accused of this. "If you're married, having people take you to lunch without any speculation on how your spouse would feel about them taking you to lunch" It's a valid concern. "The ability to have your desk near the entrance to your office without visitors assuming you're the receptionist." Since the majority of receptionists are women (not all), it's pretty much not going to change until this changes. "Never having someone of a different gender consistently interrupt you throughout your presentation, having your colleague of that other gender speak without interruption, receive questions at the appropriate time and name you as the expert, and then take the floor again to answer the questions and continue to be interrupted by the same person who was silent and attentive for your junior colleague. " This sounds oddly specific to one case..and it sounds like someone angry at that one person that decided to post this. "Never having to wonder if your employer will deny you a positive reference for your next job in retaliation if you report sexual harassment or pay discrimination" You don't get to make accusations with no consequences. "Better access to the Old Boys' Network or angel investors if you want to start your own company, since white male tech startups get funding for being white and male" Now these are just getting silly. VC only care about making money, nothing more. If women aren't pitching good enough ideas, then there may be other issues to tackle. "The freedom to share a hotel room with a male colleague during business travel (potentially getting important informal interaction time) without having a male supervisor insist that you room solo (because different-gender room-sharing offends his sensibilities)" Sorry, but pretty much any self-respecting female would not allow their husband/boyfriend to do this. Since the company can't exactly pick only people that don't have mates or whose spouses are okay with this, this is the way it can work. "They can now turn their attention back on hiring people that really belong, instead of "social engineering." Stop forcing companies to have quotas and earn your place there and this won't happen any longer. Yeah, I could go on, but I'm exhausted by the naive reasoning behind this entire list. I'm sure there is sexism in the workplace, but these aren't really good examples of it. I've worked for many different IT companies in the past 10 years and I saw no examples of sexism. I've seen women developers, sales staff, designers, receptionists, and upper management. I know this is anecdotal evidence, but I would think I would see some evidence of it at least once.