Sexism in Tech. Or: CloudMine pulls its sponsorship of API Jam.

Re:Sexism in Tech. Or: CloudMine pulls its sponsorship of AP... by ugh on Tuesday March 20, 2012 @06:26PM (#3732013)

It’s blatant sexism and misogyny. That is always offensive. I’m not sure why you don’t seem to have a problem with sexism and misogyny. That’s all being offended means: I have a problem with you saying stuff like that. That seems reasonable enough to me.

No, whoever is offended by this is exactly right. They do not need a thicker skin.

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Re:Sexism in Tech. Or: CloudMine pulls its sponsorship of AP... by niete on Tuesday March 20, 2012 @11:50PM (#3733010)

"misogyny" has become such a buzzword it is meaningless. I imagine that it is true that some men really do _hate_ women, but the 'offensive' sentence could have come from a broad spectrum of perspectives about women.

Now, I know feminists have tried to redefine the term into [anything they don't like], but that is a pretty good illustration of what intellectually dishonest offense seekers they are.

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Re:Sexism in Tech. Or: CloudMine pulls its sponsorship of AP... by ugh on Tuesday March 20, 2012 @11:51PM (#3733012)

Yeah, and you are a Niete, niete.

Do you think the kid who calls everyone she dislikes gay – and thus uses homophobic language – really fears gay people? No, because that's not really what that word means, even if the dictionary says it means that. That’s how language works. Misogyny describes a very specific kind of sexism, and that’s just the case here.

Peace out from a dishonest offense seeker.

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