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Yes, there are some bad apples doing the accusing (pretty sure that Sarkeesian shouldn't be in that list). That was one of my points: for those people, it's a
by duncan_bayne 11y ago
Yes, there are some bad apples doing the accusing (pretty sure that Sarkeesian shouldn't be in that list). That was one of my points: for those people, it's a matter of power, and unrelated to any actual sexism.
That doesn't alter the fact that a) there is tech. industry sexism, b) your examples scarcely prove your assertion that the majority of loud accusers are bad apples, c) non-experts in a field can still call out problems in that field.
- anon3_ 11y agoWhat do you think about Ellen Pao? Julie Ann Horvath? What are some examples of tech industry sexism, as you see it?
- duncan_bayne 11y agoPao? http://www.vanityfair.com/style/scandal/2013/03/buddy-fletcher-ellen-pao http://www.vanityfair.com/style/scandal/2013/03/buddy-fletch... ... basically, she was suing for pretty much the same amount that her husband was being sued for. Coincidence? I think not, especially other revelations about her character that were made during the trial. Horvath? That whole situation was seven shades of wrong; I don't think it proved anything about institutional sexism at GitHub, but it certainly demonstrated how poor (or at least, how inconsistent) their HR practices were. Her story would set (good) HR managers heads on fire, and I'm still surprised she didn't sue them over it all. (I do disagree with her opinion on the meritocracy issue, though: meritorcracy is something all organisations should strive for, and a term of which we should be proud). Examples of tech industry sexism? How about this for starters: http://www.dailydot.com/news/cryptoparty-founder-asher-wolf-sexism-post/ http://www.dailydot.com/news/cryptoparty-founder-asher-wolf-... There are many, many examples of behaviour like this in the tech industry (and others).