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Re:The power of role models by have_faith on Saturday February 25, 2017 @03:59PM (#13733798)
It seemed quite obvious that the guy wasn't dismissing any of the women's own experiences and only providing his own personal perspective.

Why the rush to assume malice?

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Re:The power of role models by acomar on Saturday February 25, 2017 @04:26PM (#13733928)
It's not malicious, it's a form of apathy and I totally get the gp's reaction: all these women are saying their experience is X but my (presumably male) experience is Y so why not Y is dismissive. It's not intentionally malicious but it is casually apathetic to the issue being raised.

Most discrimination is not malicious. It's a whole bunch of small acts of apathy.

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