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Re:A note on programmer salaries by dijit on Friday August 11, 2017 @04:34AM (#14987699)
What does gender have to do with this topic?

Why do you think the comments are from Men?

Why would it matter if that was the case?

Not being smug or attacking, genuinely trying to understand what problem you're talking about and why it matters.

Re:A note on programmer salaries by gcb0 on Friday August 11, 2017 @05:11PM (#14994308)
because there are still people that think that man is smarter or maybe they convinced themselves that an all male or all female team (and guess which one the team is already) works better. etc.

and that reduces available job poll. which then results in lower offers.

Re:A note on programmer salaries by komali2 on Friday August 11, 2017 @02:10AM (#14987017)
Can you elaborate?
Re:A note on programmer salaries by purple-again on Friday August 11, 2017 @02:16AM (#14987047)
She/he/it/they can't reliably determine the gender of most of these posters. While statistically sure 80% are male there's a non 0% chance that the fates have aligned and only women happened to have clicked on and commented on this story so far.

It's an annoying SJW tactic of trying to shut down any criticism of a position a women has tried to take. Never mind that most of us probably didn't even notice the article was written by a women because that's not something we care about or look for (I had to go back and check after seeing this comment).

Re:A note on programmer salaries by fumigator on Friday August 11, 2017 @02:27AM (#14987098)
"The mansplaining in this thread is off the scale"

OK, I assume you're of what used to known as the female gender and as such disqualified to comment on any male related issues. I shall be keeping an eye on you from now on. By any chance would the opposite of 'mansplaining' be bitchsplaining, I wonder :)

mansplaining:: a term of abuse used in the lunatic fringe of third-wave feminism to shut down discourse.

Re:A note on programmer salaries by dang on Friday August 11, 2017 @03:39AM (#14987422)
We've banned this account for personal attack, ideological boilerplate, and breaking the guideline against calling names in arguments.

The parent comment wasn't substantive but that doesn't mean you can break the site rules like this.

Re:A note on programmer salaries by johnvonneumann on Friday August 11, 2017 @03:48AM (#14987472)
Who did you ban? The first response or second one?
Re:A note on programmer salaries by dang on Friday August 11, 2017 @03:40PM (#14993418)
When I say "this account" it means the one I'm directly replying to.