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Re:Sexism In Tech: We’re Not Making It Up by steveklabnik on Monday February 25, 2013 @01:37PM (#5280714)
And even if most men aren't rapists, many enable rapists by, for instance, complaining when people say something as basic as "let's not have instances of rape at tech conferences."
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Re:Sexism In Tech: We’re Not Making It Up by stcredzero on Monday February 25, 2013 @02:32PM (#5281150)
A much more succinct way of saying it.
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Re:Sexism In Tech: We’re Not Making It Up by nacker on Monday February 25, 2013 @02:48PM (#5281288)
> even if most men aren't rapists

Obviously most, if not all men are rapists. Or potential rapists. Luckily, they are also obsolete!

http://www.spiegel.de/international/world/spiegel-interview-...

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Re:Sexism In Tech: We’re Not Making It Up by lutusp on Monday February 25, 2013 @03:00PM (#5281358)
> Obviously most, if not all men are rapists.

That's Marilyn French's view, as famously quoted from "The Women's Room":

http://www.amazon.com/Womens-Room-Marilyn-French/dp/03453536...

It's also true that to a hammer, everything looks like a nail.

> Luckily, they are also obsolete!

Maybe. I personally will suspend judgment until I see women open their own businesses and banks and refuse to do business with men any more.

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Re:Sexism In Tech: We’re Not Making It Up by stcredzero on Monday February 25, 2013 @03:50PM (#5281701)
You're discounting network effects, there.
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Re:Sexism In Tech: We’re Not Making It Up by nacker on Monday February 25, 2013 @05:48PM (#5282414)
>> Obviously most, if not all men are rapists. > >That's Marilyn French's view, as famously quoted from "The Women's Room":

Well, technically:

"At one point in the book the character Val says "all men are rapists". This quote has often been incorrectly attributed to Marilyn French herself. " https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marilyn_French

There's plenty of crazy around the subject, though: http://www.avoiceformen.com/mens-rights/false-rape-culture/l...

> Maybe. I personally will suspend judgment until I see women open their own businesses and banks and refuse to do business with men any more.

That will never happen, as the bubble will pop soon. http://www.singularity2050.com/2010/01/the-misandry-bubble.h...

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