The dark side of open source conferences [about women being harassed]

Re:The dark side of open source conferences [about women bei... by robg on Friday December 03, 2010 @10:18AM (#1966097)

Depends on what you mean by a "pass".

Asking a woman if you can kiss her may feel hard, but looking back on my single teenage years, that's a whole lot easier than "going for a kiss".

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Re:The dark side of open source conferences [about women bei... by robg on Friday December 03, 2010 @10:39AM (#1966181)

Let me add: If you get rejected, be gracious. Say she looks beautiful and any guy would be lucky to receive a kiss from her.

I say all this like I'm Mr. Smooth. Nothing could have been further from the truth and I've been in a committed relationship for 13 years. Watching an episode of Freaks and Geeks last night just brought back a lot of tough memories prior to meeting her.

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Re:The dark side of open source conferences [about women bei... by sliverstorm on Friday December 03, 2010 @10:07PM (#1968339)

Asking a woman if you can kiss her may feel hard, but looking back on my single teenage years, that's a whole lot easier than "going for a kiss".

On the other hand, if you can pull off just going for it and she digs it, that makes you look really good.

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Re:The dark side of open source conferences [about women bei... by brazzy on Sunday December 05, 2010 @11:07AM (#1971842)

And that's how it always works in movies. Which is probably a big part of the problem (for both girls and guys).

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