Why I won’t give talks about being a woman in tech

Re:Why I won’t give talks about being a woman in tech by j_s on Wednesday July 20, 2016 @12:44PM (#12130455)

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=5419071

I don't have more time to figure out the guy's name but his HN username is mr-hank: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=5398681

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Re:Why I won’t give talks about being a woman in tech by beevai142 on Wednesday July 20, 2016 @04:00PM (#12131969)

Richards got fired and got loads of death threats and racist messages, because of a single tweet. The guy got off easier with just being fired.

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Re:Why I won’t give talks about being a woman in tech by busterarm on Wednesday July 20, 2016 @08:12PM (#12133590)

I didn't know that this was a competition.

Also someone else getting worse makes this okay? Two wrongs make it right?

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Re:Why I won’t give talks about being a woman in tech by BrainInAJar on Wednesday July 20, 2016 @09:43PM (#12134001)

The dudebros also got new jobs. Richards did not.

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Re:Why I won’t give talks about being a woman in tech by imron on Wednesday July 20, 2016 @12:52PM (#12130512)

https://www.theguardian.com/science/2015/jun/13/tim-hunt-hun...

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Re:Why I won’t give talks about being a woman in tech by BrainInAJar on Wednesday July 20, 2016 @09:49PM (#12134023)

was reinstated, is a professor of immunology at the same university.

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Re:Why I won’t give talks about being a woman in tech by imron on Thursday July 21, 2016 @02:59AM (#12135233)

Do you have a source for that? All I can find (from Wikipedia) is that he was forced to resign from three positions he held, and that he was reappointed to one.

There's another article from a news source I don't particularly trust saying he was offered a new position in Japan.

Either way, even if he's doing fine now it was months of upheaval and a dedicated witch-hunt over comments that were taken completely out of context.

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Re:Why I won’t give talks about being a woman in tech by Shoop on Wednesday July 20, 2016 @12:31PM (#12130326)

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=5398681

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Re:Why I won’t give talks about being a woman in tech by BrainInAJar on Wednesday July 20, 2016 @09:46PM (#12134019)

Still has a job, just not the same job. Same can't be said for Adria.

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Re:Why I won’t give talks about being a woman in tech by dsfyu404ed on Wednesday July 20, 2016 @12:33PM (#12130342)

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/R_v_Elliott

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Re:Why I won’t give talks about being a woman in tech by BrainInAJar on Wednesday July 20, 2016 @09:46PM (#12134018)

Dude continuously harasses a woman well after being told to stop, then having his account suspended. That's not "I said the wrong thing", that's criminal harassment.

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Re:Why I won’t give talks about being a woman in tech by jackmott on Wednesday July 20, 2016 @12:39PM (#12130395)

Scott Aaronson had some pretty tough times for doing absolutely nothing.

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Re:Why I won’t give talks about being a woman in tech by BrainInAJar on Wednesday July 20, 2016 @09:44PM (#12134006)

Then he got a promotion, and now leads an institute at UT

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Re:Why I won’t give talks about being a woman in tech by idanoeman on Wednesday July 20, 2016 @02:58PM (#12131544)

If you have to ask this question, I'd say you're either not paying attention or being willfully ignorant of the tightrope-walking act men have to perform these days to not get lynched by internet mobs.

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