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Re:The PyCon Incident by wpietri on Wednesday March 20, 2013 @07:28PM (#5411418)
I wasn't trying to sketch an equivalent situation.

He said he couldn't understand why the jokes were a problem. I tried to help him understand. In particular, to viscerally understand the experience of being unsafe, and how a joke can contribute to that.

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Re:The PyCon Incident by oh_sigh on Wednesday March 20, 2013 @07:31PM (#5411434)
Please learn to read more carefully.

He said he didn't understand why these "jokes" are supposed to be offensive to women. He did not say why any jokes are supposed to be offensive to women.

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Re:The PyCon Incident by wpietri on Wednesday March 20, 2013 @11:14PM (#5412607)
I understood that, and that is indeed the question I tried to answer.
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