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Re:Aaron Swartz, Asking For Help, 119 Days Ago by roguecoder on Monday January 14, 2013 @09:04PM (#5058094)
It's connotation was that Aaron was acting like a woman. The intended message was that he should shoulder sole responsibility for the costs, unlike (apparently) a woman. A) that's sexist and B) counter-productive. Collaboration and mutual support gets us further than we can get on our own: demonizing those traits as "feminine" just leads to lonely alienation.

Yet Another Way Patriarchy Hurts Men(tm)

Re:Aaron Swartz, Asking For Help, 119 Days Ago by tedunangst on Monday January 14, 2013 @10:04PM (#5058341)
I believe the phrase "man up" has more to do with the differences between boys and men vs women and men. It's synonymous with grow up.
Re:Aaron Swartz, Asking For Help, 119 Days Ago by drivebyacct2 on Tuesday January 15, 2013 @01:30AM (#5059027)
This is strange, but there's no private message functionality here and I wanted to say I really appreciate your considered comments in this thread.