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Re:Why I don't use my real photo when messaging with custome... by matt4077 on Friday February 16, 2018 @12:26PM (#16393947)
It’s sad to see that the top-voted comment is one of those bemoaning general uncivilized behavior, when the story convincingly shows that we’ve created a world where women’s lives are made impossibly difficult, and men are treated with respect.
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Re:Why I don't use my real photo when messaging with custome... by alkonaut on Friday February 16, 2018 @02:09PM (#16394966)
That wasn’t my intention, I think most of the asshattery I refer to definitely end up as sexism, and is directed towards women. And I have no idea why that is so. But it’s a problem, most definitely.

My point is merely that anonymity simply magnifies the same things we would see in non-anonymous settings.

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