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Re:Apple employees petition demanding investigation into ‘mi... by SirSourdough on Wednesday May 12, 2021 @06:59PM (#27136217)
Since when can you not judge a person on what they write in a published book?

This isn’t “crime”, nobody is claiming it’s illegal. But it’s still sexist and flat out wrong to essentially say that most women are worthless, and it’s perfectly reasonable not to want to work with or for someone who demonstrates such sexist thinking and poor judgement.

Re:Apple employees petition demanding investigation into ‘mi... by chubbyish on Wednesday May 12, 2021 @08:10PM (#27136785)
What percentage of Bay Area women comprise all women in the world? And what is your definition of most?

He is comparing Bay Area women to Eastern European women.

Re:Apple employees petition demanding investigation into ‘mi... by SirSourdough on Wednesday May 12, 2021 @09:45PM (#27137524)
I don’t believe that you can make a comment as sweeping as “most Bay Area women... are so useless you could trade them for a jerry can of diesel” that doesn’t reflect a stance on all women.

There are 7.75 million people in the “Bay Area”, presumably about half women. The idea that you could believe nearly 4 million women with totally disparate histories - only united by currently living in the Bay Area and being women - are mostly useless without making sexist generalizations about women defies credibility in my view.

And I used the word “most” because his quote begins “most Bay Area women are soft, cosseted, and naive...” so you’ll have to ask him what he means by “most”.

Re:Apple employees petition demanding investigation into ‘mi... by Wowfunhappy on Wednesday May 12, 2021 @10:23PM (#27137736)
Even more importantly IMO, Apple is located in the Bay Area! That means he's speaking about his would-be coworkers and subordinates.

I don't see how you could be a good team member if you come with these types of preconceived notions about the other people on the team.

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Re:Apple employees petition demanding investigation into ‘mi... by SirSourdough on Wednesday May 12, 2021 @07:33PM (#27136529)
Saying that a person shouldn’t be hired into a prominent position where they will likely manage women on the basis that that person has said women are worthless is nothing like lynching.
Re:Apple employees petition demanding investigation into ‘mi... by rasputnik6502 on Wednesday May 12, 2021 @08:10PM (#27136788)
Not exactly lynching, not exactly calling, not exactly women, not exactly worthless. Likely to be abusive or hostile towards women because he did what? Any cases from the past? Or is the book title 'Mein Kampf'?
Re:Apple employees petition demanding investigation into ‘mi... by dang on Thursday May 13, 2021 @12:12AM (#27138314)
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