Tichy

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by Tichy 14y ago
"Women currently get more college degrees in general today, yet the gender pay gap remains. That's evidence of systemic oppression." That's just bad maths, sorry. First you have to look at what subjects men and women chose and what average
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So the assumptions seems to be that most female porn actors are forced to be porn models (and what about playboy models?)? Because otherwise it seems to me they choose their bodies representation already. There was a study about porn actres
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"How in the world does 'getting a woman' as a heterosexual man 'please women?'" The thinking is "you get her because it pleases her to be with you." The idea behind a car is not "great, now I can chase down women and rape them" it is "hey,
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Robots with lasers certainly sounds more exciting than IT :-)
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"female sexuality is framed as something which exists for the pleasure of men." I must say I have never noticed this, so I am not sure what to say. I can't really make sense of it either. My impression was sex exists to create babies, not t
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At least for IT, I suspect part of the reason there are so few women is because they have better options - stay home and have kids, or do something more socially rewarding (involving interaction with other people) that earns less money (bec
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I don't like being compared to some random person (of unknown gender) who attacked a woman in an online forum just because I am a developer, thank you very much!
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I certainly don't want to diminish the attack that took place here. The question about porn was just a side subject.
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"Most porn so strongly caters to male fantasy" That in itself doesn't seem to make it sexist? "Most porn is strongly rooted in objectifying women in a way which denies their humanity" Or maybe porn is simply about one, limited aspect of hum
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That would seem like a way to escape the conclusion, but wouldn't it make most sense to talk about the porn that is consumed by most men? I'd assume at least 95% of men consume porn (random guess), so my conclusion would still be valid.
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I'm sorry, but it was actually you who brought up the "derailment tactic": you asked specifically if it seems conceivable that a significant number of men are being harassed. And earlier the question was "would such a scenario be imaginable
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That seems to imply that male fantasies would be predominantly about humiliating women?
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Just read it again, and have to ask: what was the impact of those actions on the community? It obviously had an impact on the targeted woman, but the community? Did anybody really think "gee she looks ugly in those pictures, I guess she suc
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"Your experience doesn't mean we shouldn't work together to support women who are being discriminated." I never said that I wouldn't. In fact I googled those links yesterday because I am interested in the subject and like to research how to
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The question was if a similar scenario could have played out for a man. I don't know what your answer has to do with anything. I am as sorry for women who have been raped as the next guy. Wish I could help prevent such things happening. I a
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"since men at large are not discriminated against based on their gender." Uh, hello there - that's a huge assumption. I think they are discriminated against very much, but I guess no point to discuss on HN :-/ I'll only say that I don't enj
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Do conferences really need to post a rule that "spamming the forum with fake porn pictures is inappropriate"? I do grant though, that a lot of people seem to be missing some education on how to deal with other human beings. I don't think co
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What about accusing the guy of being a rapist and a pedophile?
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Excuse my ignorance, just wondering: is it established that porn is sexist? Are they demeaning to the male actors in porn, too? Or is the underlying value that it is demeaning for a woman to have sex? It seems to me a universal judgement is
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Cases of men being stalked do exist.
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To be honest I don't understand what this has to do with sexism. I would think this is actually a crime (stalking?) committed by some deranged individual, whose real motivations we don't know anything about. Even if they were "hatred of wom
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Apart from what others said, I'd like to point art that The Art Of War is not really about killing, it clearly states that the best victory is the one won without fighting.
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I'm guessing you only have one kid :-)
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Hooking up a smoke detector to the XBox should do the trick :-)
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Or vice versa, how much you wanted them.
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The cool thing is, with everyone carrying a labtop these days, it might be possible to train on an emulator on the plane before attempting the landing. Must remember to install a flight simulator before I fly the next time...
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Great answer: "You have done this so many times manually that you feel you need to automate it... Doesn't that suggest to you that this method isn't working? "
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I am not universally interested in all memes, but I liked this particular one. Also, it isn't content-free, it exists for a reason.
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This is the first time I heard about that meme, which means your comment contained the most usable information I gained across all comments in this thread.
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I didn't disagree with that. I just wanted to point out that his reasoning is much more subtle than just "they had guns and the others only spears". That is exactly the point of the book, because the usual explanation people come up with is

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