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Re:Going Viral as a Woman in Tech by koonsolo on Sunday October 11, 2020 @04:38AM (#24744499)
Why is this about "a woman in tech"?

It seems it's just a story that happens to anyone who gets 15 min fame by some post.

But now all of a sudden it's again women in tech that are victims... Come on... please...

But I guess "person gets harassed online" wouldn't make the front page.

Re:Going Viral as a Woman in Tech by server_bot on Sunday October 11, 2020 @09:02PM (#24750504)
Did you read the same post I read? One of the harassers asserted that she must have traded sexual favors for a CS degree. Do you seriously believe that a male engineer would be sexualized and discredited that aggressively?

Please take some time to reflect. Look up statistics on sexual assault and violence against women. This is not an attempt to bait clicks, its an attempt to stand up against systemic attack.

Re:Going Viral as a Woman in Tech by koonsolo on Monday October 12, 2020 @09:42AM (#24754229)
> Look up statistics on sexual assault and violence against women

Why do I need to limit myself to women? You are claiming that men cannot be victims? Here is what I found:

As of 1998, 2.78 million men in the U.S. had been victims of attempted or completed rape. About 3% of American men—or 1 in 33—have experienced an attempted or completed rape in their lifetime. 1 out of every 10 rape victims are male.

So yes, please stop your sexist arguments: both women and men can be victims. Maybe you should be the one who needs to take some time to reflect.

I'm one of those people who really doesn't give a shit about gender, race, religion, sexual preferences, etc. But it seems nowadays you have take all of these attributes and divide them into "victims" and "predators". I'm really sick of that, and I'm really sick of media playing out that part.

So yeah, there is my reflection on this whole narrative.

Re:Going Viral as a Woman in Tech by newen on Sunday October 11, 2020 @11:12PM (#24751085)
Men get called cucks and betas and incels instead. It’s the same thing, just the male version of sexual attacks since men and women are different.