Re:Dear Hacker Community – We Need To Talk
by paulgb on Friday December 28, 2012 @08:37PM
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I agree with you, but I give her a bit more benefit of the doubt. There's definitely an element of negativity in some areas of hacker culture. As a white male it's easy to accept it as impersonal, but if you're in the 0.6% of women at an infosec conference, it's easy to see how a few instances of subtle or not-so-subtle sexism could make the negativity seem much more personal.
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Re:Dear Hacker Community – We Need To Talk
by marcosdumay on Friday December 28, 2012 @09:46PM
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Or, to put it in another light.
As a non-victim, it's easy to conclude that just about 1% of the people have some random bad behaviour. As one of the 0,5% that are victims, it's quite obvious that there are 2 jerks for each one of your kind, and they have nothing better to do.