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Re:Q&A With Pax Dickinson on Tweets, Regrets by tptacek on Friday September 13, 2013 @03:52PM (#6382699)
Why exactly would I assume that cryptography stewarded by this particular person would be "state of the art"? If he's got someone else designing the crypto, why isn't their name part of the marketing of the product?
Re:Q&A With Pax Dickinson on Tweets, Regrets by unimpressive on Friday September 13, 2013 @03:50PM (#6382684)
This discussion pops up a lot, and it's referenced here so:

Is there a FAQ or something that succinctly explains why "jokes" are misogyny, because it's pretty obvious that there's a lot of confusion between the dictionary definition of this word and how people are using it.

Re:Q&A With Pax Dickinson on Tweets, Regrets by newmana on Friday September 13, 2013 @04:06PM (#6382782)
Constructing a sexist joke is generally seen as a misogynistic thing to do.

There are FAQs perhaps the most relevant is: http://geekfeminism.wikia.com/wiki/Misogyny

But you can find examples everywhere. In Australia, the first female Prime Minister had terms like "ditch the witch" used against her, which is obviously beyond sexism and is hatred see: http://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2012/oct/17/differe...