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Re:A female engineer's opinion on why there are fewer women ... by newen on Wednesday May 09, 2018 @07:51PM (#17035331)
They are talking about the workplace in particular. They are saying, why risk your job being social with women at work when you can be social elsewhere.
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Re:A female engineer's opinion on why there are fewer women ... by mikeash on Wednesday May 09, 2018 @08:37PM (#17035583)
Why risk your job being social with anyone at work? Why ever do anything other than exactly what your job requires?

I'm saying, if your social skills are so bad that you're risking your job by being social with women at work, you should make fixing that a top priority.

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Re:A female engineer's opinion on why there are fewer women ... by newen on Wednesday May 09, 2018 @10:56PM (#17036078)
Okay, but if my social skills are that bad then I certainly wouldn't try fixing them at work.

Also, in response to your first sentence, it's about relative risk.

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