Tichy

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by Tichy 14y ago
Why is it such a problem, though? It is statistically unlikely that a woman is developer, so people react accordingly. Does it really hurt so much to say "no, I'm a developer"?
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by Tichy 14y ago
I find it ironic if women fight against sexual attraction, effectively depriving themselves of one of their powers. The same pattern can be seen in lots of feminist positions, like deriding of housewives and thereby eroding the privilege of
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by Tichy 14y ago
So pretty people would find it harder to find employment in advertising. Wouldn't that be severe discrimination?
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by Tichy 14y ago
Argh, tough problem indeed. Short of a tattoo on the forehead, maybe Google Glasses or a geeky cap might work?
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by Tichy 14y ago
Because it totally doesn't matter if the person trying to sell you something is good looking or not.
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by Tichy 14y ago
Since in general few women are developers, I rather doubt the hiring of pr women has any bearing on the situation. If it is really so frustrating, maybe dressing accordingly would alleviate the pain - don't know, carry a Linux book, a T- Sh
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by Tichy 14y ago
lawyers
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by Tichy 14y ago
You've shown that the organizers thought that sexism was a factor, which isn't the same thing. But you are right, since we fundamentally disagree about the rules of logic, further discussion is pointless. (example: I said truth doesn't foll
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by Tichy 14y ago
The number of people believing something is not a good indicator for it being true oe not. Example: billions of people have contradictory religious beliefs.
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by Tichy 14y ago
I didn't say you fabricated it, just that it doesn't follow from the story. That there was something to offset also doesn't imply sexism was in the mix of things to offset.
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by Tichy 14y ago
I'm male and not really OK with working 40 hours a week (with a 2 year old at home). I find it annoying that people automatically assume I'm OK with it. Not sure what to think, I mean why the question is offensive. Maybe it is illegal to as
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by Tichy 14y ago
Curious about the "willing to work 40h" question, seems fair to ask?
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by Tichy 14y ago
What didn't you like about the way I asked?
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by Tichy 14y ago
Whast extra hurdles did you have to jump over? Are you sure your wages are lower? Those differences are not very obvious for office jobs, in fact the other day I linked to astudy showing women in tech earn more than men ( till age 30 anyway
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by Tichy 14y ago
There is nothing in that experiment supporting that theory, though. So why push it anyway? How does people flocking to free education prove anything?
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by Tichy 14y ago
Or maybe it's just thast they paid for their education. Getting something for free could attract a lot of people. I also would like an update on the results in 5 years.
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by Tichy 14y ago
There are glamorous TV shows about law and medicine. None I am aware of for programming.
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by Tichy 14y ago
Is there any indication that non-Google services are likely to have a longer expected lifetime than Google services? I don't think so... If services going extinct bothers you, the only sane alternative seems to be non-cloud services based o
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by Tichy 14y ago
Is she not aware that anyone can edit Wikipedia?
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by Tichy 14y ago
Of course there is a gap (if you count the right way anyway), the question is, what does it mean? I argue that jumping to the conclusion that women are being discriminated against is wrong and aslso counterproductive. As for /r/mensrights I
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by Tichy 14y ago
Apart from what I said in my other reply, I suppose it is possible that a lot of women don't reflect their options and just choose the traditional paths society expects them to. If the 77% discussion makes more women reflect and choose prof
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by Tichy 14y ago
Your comparison is odd. If you are poor, you are poor. So a poor woman, poor black male and a poor white male would be equally poor. Seems to me more interesting is the risk of being poor. I think you'll find that there are a lot more poor
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by Tichy 14y ago
Something sounding like /r/mensrights does not make it right or wrong. And I argue against misinterpreting a statistic here, not particular feminists. I wonder why you are so emotionally invested in the belief that women are being oppressed
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by Tichy 14y ago
I see that you believe that, but you provide no arguments to support that. I only learned about /r/mensrights yesterday, checked it out but didn't like their attitudes at all. I think it is important to counter misguided feminism, though.
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by Tichy 14y ago
For various reasons. Probably they tend to have in mind that they need more flexibility for when they have children. Also that they might have a husband who provides main income. I don't know if people have to be pressured into having more
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by Tichy 14y ago
Your argument being...?
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by Tichy 14y ago
The 77 cents on the dollar thing is just a symptom of the same thing, blaming men for all and everything and portraying women as victims (to excert special compensation for women). If you research the paygap issue a little bit, you'll find
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by Tichy 14y ago
Yeah, utterly silly, just like dongle-gate.
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by Tichy 14y ago
You assume that taking offense is always reasonable, or whoever feels offended is always right. Also, playing the emotion card (it hurts my feelings/sensibilities) is a way to excert power and control.
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by Tichy 14y ago
I'm not fighting against women becoming engineers, but against the reasons that make it undesireable to have female colleasgues.

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