metaphoracle

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by metaphoracle 9y ago
>> I'm not speaking for the majority of trans women. I'm speaking of them. Again anecdotally. >> I mean that the traits I list describe a majority of trans women, in my experience and in my opinion. Well, here is where
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by metaphoracle 9y ago
>> I accept that there are differences between trans women, but I believe my description covers a strong majority. I don't speak "for" anyone, of course. In my experience as a trans woman in tech and very involved in th
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by metaphoracle 9y ago
What specifics are you seeking? Have you read any of the linked articles in this thread? Or performed a single google search? -Pay Gap: https://www.aauw.org/research/the-simple-truth-about-the-gen... -Employment Gap
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by metaphoracle 9y ago
Leap and similar communities are not essentialist, they are safe spaces for those people who share the experience of existing as a woman in the tech industry. It is a false equivalency to conflate Leap with terf essentialism. Additionally,
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by metaphoracle 9y ago
> If women felt like their discussions were being treated fairly in public forums, they'd have stayed in them. This so much. Most men in tech can have a majority male discussion in any open community, due to their numbers. The amou
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by metaphoracle 9y ago
We women in tech frequently need to re-hash this discussion. We offer personal anecdotes, and they are written off as outliers. We present diversity numbers and pay gap data, and we are told that those are due to women either choosing famil