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Re:Hacking my Vagina by rjknight on Sunday November 25, 2012 @01:04PM (#4828726)
Dude, I agree with your basic premise that it should be possible to discuss bias and double standards. I agree that sometimes bias against male opinions and experiences can happen and, when it does happen, it's not easy to get anyone to accept it because it doesn't fit our accepted narratives about sexism. Gender neutrality is definitely a noble aim.

But in this case I think you're wrong. This thread is a totally legitimate discussion of a very interesting, detailed and inventive technical post and I find it hard to believe that an equally detailed and well-written post from a male perspective would not be received in much the same way.

I don't think you're being sexist, but you are being wrong about something in a way that an average internet commenter would find hard to distinguish from sexism (and the average internet commenter is not particularly capable of nuanced thought).

Re:Hacking my Vagina by jQueryIsAwesome on Sunday November 25, 2012 @03:16PM (#4829140)
> I find it hard to believe that an equally detailed and well-written post from a male perspective would not be received in much the same way.

I can only assume that you are very naive; for the average male is impossible to read this article without imaging a woman using the device; wish does not mean that there aren't legitimate and interesting discussions in this thread; but is clear that the exponential popularity grow of this article is strongly correlated with that fact.

Re:Hacking my Vagina by ruby_on_rails on Monday November 26, 2012 @12:26AM (#4830712)
Not everyone fits into neat little boxes. I read the article imagining using this device myself (and I'm a man!), or using it with a partner (man or woman).
Re:Hacking my Vagina by jQueryIsAwesome on Monday November 26, 2012 @07:14AM (#4831643)
Yeah, that is why I said "average". The average reader here is a white straight male engineer who is not interested in putting things on his rectum.
Re:Hacking my Vagina by cindygallop on Monday November 26, 2012 @09:39AM (#4832072)
Ahem. You'd be surprised how many white straight males are indeed interested in that. We've been pleasantly surprised by the popularity of Violet & Rye's straight-couple pegging #realworldsex video on https://makelovenotporn.tv/....:)
Re:Hacking my Vagina by jQueryIsAwesome on Monday November 26, 2012 @10:14AM (#4832247)
Not the majority; wish is usually what is implied with the word "average."