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Re:Why I won’t give talks about being a woman in tech by searine on Wednesday July 20, 2016 @11:33AM (#12129813)
>I heard a neckbeard, seeing a woman warming up for the presentation we just sat down for, say something dismissive about another diversity talk

It's really hard to take your criticism of a sexist dismissal seriously when you preface it with a sexist dismissal.

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Re:Why I won’t give talks about being a woman in tech by grb423 on Wednesday July 20, 2016 @11:40AM (#12129867)
You are absolutely right. I stand corrected. He just really annoyed me and I guess it still stings.
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Re:Why I won’t give talks about being a woman in tech by nurettin on Wednesday July 20, 2016 @11:46AM (#12129942)
I took both sexist dismissals and your anti-sexist dismissal of OP seriously.
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