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Re:SendGrid has terminated the employment of Adria Richards? by pekk on Thursday March 21, 2013 @12:29PM (#5416349)
Which is such a pity, because it only reinforces the 'tech world systematically suppresses women' meme. There was no win to be had after this.

I guess this is how we iron out what the Code of Conduct stuff really means, hopefully we learn from it.

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Re:SendGrid has terminated the employment of Adria Richards? by jrajav on Thursday March 21, 2013 @12:38PM (#5416463)
> it only reinforces the 'tech world systematically suppresses women' meme.

No it doesn't. It actually reduces it. She is being treated as a complete equal here, in being called out and held accountable for her actions. It would be a setback if she were protected purely because she was "speaking out" about sexism.

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