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Re:Women Engineers on the Rampant Sexism of Silicon Valley by kleer001 on Thursday June 08, 2017 @01:10PM (#14515517)
I'm with you on this. Everyday people are curious and not trained in cultural hypersensitivity (ethnic/gender/women/etc studies) , nor are they out to get you or piss you off on purpose. Let's have some good faith here.

So, why don't we just be a bit non-violent about it all, accept people as they are, and address their curiosity instead of jumping down their throat about their unconscious ignorance? Eh?

If you want people to behave differently then they do naturally, then the onus is on YOU to educate the populous. And education is hella expensive. You'll need outreach programs, door-to-door, slaughtering those that don't follow your holy book, regicide, etc... /s

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Re:Women Engineers on the Rampant Sexism of Silicon Valley by bovermyer on Thursday June 08, 2017 @01:17PM (#14515569)
For context, what is your race, gender, and economic background?
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Re:Women Engineers on the Rampant Sexism of Silicon Valley by Mythanar on Thursday June 08, 2017 @02:30PM (#14516074)
Not kleer001, but does it matter?

Would any of those traits invalidate his point or give more credit to his point of view?

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Re:Women Engineers on the Rampant Sexism of Silicon Valley by kleer001 on Thursday June 08, 2017 @03:51PM (#14516701)
identity politics divides us
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Re:Women Engineers on the Rampant Sexism of Silicon Valley by Mz on Thursday June 08, 2017 @03:56PM (#14516740)
Or maybe, you know, someone just tries to get to know other forum members better with small talk, because getting along with people, being friendly and knowing a little bit about their background improves the interactions at HN dramatically. I'm not gonna lie, calling this identity politics alienates me deeply.

(Personally, I thought it was a good bit of theater. But it seems to always be lost on people that their offense at having the tables turned on them is evidence that their opinion that this sort of question is not a problem is probably BS. Because it seems to be a problem when it is done to them.)

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