Re:Uber Investigating Sexual Harassment Claims by Ex-Employee
by xor1 on Monday February 20, 2017 @02:23AM
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There's something wrong with the way you think if you view an accusation directed towards a statement as an accusation towards the person who said it instead.
Re:Uber Investigating Sexual Harassment Claims by Ex-Employee
by reddytowns on Monday February 20, 2017 @02:55AM
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Branding someone's speech as sexist is implying they are sexist themselves. Who else would, in neutral context, make sexist statements without being a sexist?
Besides which, if you understood my point I don't see how you could view a statement like "Gender X is better at Y" as being sexist in it of itself. You would need to see the supporting evidence or lack thereof of to decide whether the idea conveyed is sexist.
I would define sexism to be believing facts solely based on a persons gender. This does not mean that if you had evidence that one sex was better at something, and you reached a conclusion based on that, then that would be sexist.
For example, it's quite obvious that men are taller and stronger than women. It's not sexist to say that, as it's based on clear evidence.
I'm unaware of the evidence the original poster has, but I would leave room for doubt that he/she does have some before immediately branding him/her a sexist.