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Re:Men are hitting on my scheduling bot because it has a wom... by alexey-salmin on Tuesday January 09, 2024 @01:10AM (#38922965)
Seeing "boorishness" and "pursuit of sexual gratification" as inherently bad things is indeed a cultural phenomenon. There are cultures that explicitly reward one or both of these.
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Re:Men are hitting on my scheduling bot because it has a wom... by bugglebeetle on Tuesday January 09, 2024 @03:57AM (#38923858)
The problem is the combination of the two, although the former is discouraged most everywhere. Being a pest is not a matter of culture, but an individual choice.
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