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by ceol 13y ago
That is what we're talking about... They're problems that need to be addressed that pg has decided aren't his responsibility. That's the whole point of what we're talking about. You don't need to mold someone f
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by ceol 13y ago
It's possible he's right that there's absolutely nothing more he could do. I think it's extremely unlikely, though. If women feel uncomfortable in YC-funded companies, I think that's a problem he could address. If w
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by ceol 13y ago
I guess what I'm saying is that going from the original interview to The Information's edit, his quote didn't lose meaning, because it didn't imply that pg thought women were genetically predisposed to hate tinkering wit
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by ceol 13y ago
The full transcript is at the bottom of the submitted article's page, and from the conversation, it's pretty clear that pg thinks there isn't anything he can do. When asked what YC could do to bring more women founders in, he
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by ceol 13y ago
I'm not sure how my reply to you baked hostility into it. I didn't mean to offend you by saying you should have remembered. It was a generic "you", not you specifically. My apologies if I did. I say it was misogynist fil
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by ceol 13y ago
Not really, no. Everyone is biased. The point isn't to eliminate them but to acknowledge them and understand how they affect you. Sexism in tech is a very large problem, and like every other large problem, it's made up of many sma
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by ceol 13y ago
Doesn't the second one still say it's a problem of gender? I'm not seeing how the introduction of the word "these" adds all of that additional stuff you're saying. All it does is take the statement from "a
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by ceol 13y ago
/pol/ and /r/MensRights were invading sites during this time. I recall a handful of posts on both that directed users to HN. If you were active on HN during that whole fiasco, you'd remember the huge influx of new a
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by ceol 13y ago
I'm just getting familiar with this drama, but to me, it sounds like pg was dropping responsibility for the lack of women founders. Eric asked him about YC doing more to attract women or encourage women founders, and he responded by sa
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by ceol 13y ago
Could you explain how the meaning of his statement changed so drastically from the inclusion of the word "these"? The question asked about women who are not founders, not women who are not programmers. It seems fitting to remove i
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by ceol 13y ago
> I have to say that the level of reflexive sexism I've seen in the comments this past week is making me think I should abandon my account. I've had the same feeling as well, although it really started during "Donglegate
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by ceol 13y ago
You asked for a citation. That's the original position of the goal post. When you were provided with multiple citations, you decided that wasn't good enough, and so started complaining about the veracity of studies in general and
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by ceol 13y ago
The only way you're going to be shamed is if you really didn't make them in private conversation. Making them as you sit around a bunch of people in the middle of a conference, or in the middle of your office where everyone can he
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by ceol 13y ago
Being black is certainly not the same as being a woman, and just because you didn't experience enough discrimination to push you away doesn't mean others don't. If anything, that feeling of being uncomfortable should make you
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by ceol 13y ago
> and does not happen any more frequently to women than to men You might as well be stating the world isn't round, or the sky isn't blue, or any other plainly obvious fact that has been proven countless times. Of course, you&
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by ceol 13y ago
> For all intents and purposes, there's nothing stopping a woman from learning how to program, contribute to open source and engage in community. Except the community , which is generally hostile towards women. Sure, someone can
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by ceol 13y ago
> A women cannot be driven out of coding by anyone other than herself. What a disgustingly ignorant thing to say. The sheer obliviousness of your privilege in this regard is staggering. It's ridiculous to expect someone to put up
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by ceol 13y ago
Did you even read the article or any of the comments in this thread?
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by ceol 13y ago
> Yet no one's complaining Plenty of people are complaining. You just don't see it because you're surrounding yourself in this little bubble of tech and startups and coding. The least you could have done, if not a simple
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by ceol 13y ago
Nurture that. It's how a lot of developers get started: by tinkering and tooling.
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by ceol 13y ago
Psychology is still very male-dominated, at least in terms of employers, teachers, and researchers — i.e. people in power in the industry.
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by ceol 13y ago
You being an asshole in the comment I replied to. It's like you posted the comment in the other thread and completely forgot about it.
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by ceol 13y ago
This isn't about watching your tongue. This is about not harassing someone. I actually recognized your name from the other thread on the front page right now about a woman being harassed due to her having a rare skin disorder.[0] In
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by ceol 13y ago
I really do love that your answer to #1 proves #2. There are a handful of companies that are trying to get more women into tech. That's great! However, that doesn't mean #1 is wrong. It just means your industry (or even those co
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by ceol 13y ago
http://www.npr.org/2012/08/08/158433079/virtual-harassment-g... http://www.vg247.com/2012/09/08/study-80-of-gamers-believe-s... > Matthew’s study found that women were
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by ceol 13y ago
Judging by the comments in this thread, it's not a problem with parents letting children play video games. It's a very real problem with adult men .
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by ceol 13y ago
Neither of your links cite any actual sources, and the second link conflates "reported rapes" with " estimated rapes". I'm actually concerned why you aren't hellbanned yet.
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by ceol 13y ago
If you wanted to draw a completely different conclusion, sure, but this is talking about how the male-dominated gaming community treats women. It's not talking about how a female-dominated gaming community would treat men. Anecdotally,
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by ceol 13y ago
Don't believe that link. It's garbage designed to pander to women-hating adolescents — a group that the person you replied to has no problem flaunting his affiliation with.
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by ceol 13y ago
You seem to have a thing for posting sources that don't cite anything they claim.

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