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Re:Sexual Harassment at DefCon (and Other Hacker Cons) by demewmew on Wednesday August 15, 2012 @04:13PM (#4387960)
So well said. When people don't take you seriously, clever hacks are the next best solution. The "What She Really Said" IRC bot story reminds me of this as well.
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Re:Sexual Harassment at DefCon (and Other Hacker Cons) by blhack on Wednesday August 15, 2012 @07:59PM (#4389097)
No they're not. The cards thing establishes the premise that women are incapable of holding social status.

They're not.

The cards enforce the very thing they're trying to prevent.

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Re:Sexual Harassment at DefCon (and Other Hacker Cons) by illuminate on Monday August 20, 2012 @12:41PM (#4408433)
The cards are a reflection of reality, not an endorsement of the current state of things.

Your tactic of putting your hands over your eyes and ears has been tried, at length in the past. It hasn't ever worked wherever it's been tried.

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