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Re:Things That Men Can Do to Be Real Allies for Women in Com... by sp332 on Monday August 03, 2015 @10:07PM (#10001250)
That doesn't seem to be disagreeing with any of the points listed. Is it just the word "ally" you don't like?

Treating people equally and civilly is a political decision. It's not happening in a lot of places, and if you really want to step in and change it, that's politics.

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Re:Things That Men Can Do to Be Real Allies for Women in Com... by kentrado on Tuesday August 04, 2015 @06:38PM (#10006727)
Then you ought to read more carefully.

The points listed in the article talk about treating women in a special way.

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Re:Things That Men Can Do to Be Real Allies for Women in Com... by cmsj on Wednesday August 05, 2015 @05:32AM (#10008685)
"[S]He who starts behind in the great race of life must forever remain behind, or run faster than the man in front"
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Re:Things That Men Can Do to Be Real Allies for Women in Com... by monstruoso on Thursday August 06, 2015 @08:34AM (#10015959)
The nice thing about computing is that everyone starts behind, but with a computer with Internet connection and the disposition to learn; You can get ahead.
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Re:Things That Men Can Do to Be Real Allies for Women in Com... by sp332 on Thursday August 06, 2015 @11:44AM (#10017232)
The bad thing about computing is that a computer with an internet connection can deliver a whole world of hate right to you. Often by the same media (email, twitter, etc) as the information you'd need to get ahead.
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Re:Things That Men Can Do to Be Real Allies for Women in Com... by cmsj on Thursday August 06, 2015 @10:29AM (#10016661)
(The difference being that if you accept that there are deep cultural problems in STEM environments wrt diversity, anyone who isn't a white male starts further behind)
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Re:Things That Men Can Do to Be Real Allies for Women in Com... by sp332 on Tuesday August 04, 2015 @11:01PM (#10007820)
Point 2 is specifically about equality. What is one of the points you have a problem with?
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