This is What it's Like to Be a Woman at a Bitcoin Meetup

Re:This is What it's Like to Be a Woman at a Bitcoin Meetup by zasz on Friday January 24, 2014 @05:01PM (#7118419)

Well, how about this analogy--you see a really beautiful girl and you try to hit on her. You're not afraid she'll throw her drink in your face, because most beautiful girls would never do such a thing, but wow, she's really drop-dead gorgeous and you don't know how to handle yourself and you find yourself getting really, really tongue-tied.

It's like that for women confronting large men, except without the happy butterflies in your stomach.

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Re:This is What it's Like to Be a Woman at a Bitcoin Meetup by bcoates on Friday January 24, 2014 @05:08PM (#7118461)

I think the problem with that analogy is the standard advice for men in that situation is to grow up and get over it.

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Re:This is What it's Like to Be a Woman at a Bitcoin Meetup by zasz on Friday January 24, 2014 @05:42PM (#7118690)

Of course no analogy is perfect. The point of the analogy was to illustrate that even without someone actively trying to beat you up, acting normal can be difficult. That is the only aspect which I think those two situations share.

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Re:This is What it's Like to Be a Woman at a Bitcoin Meetup by sliverstorm on Friday January 24, 2014 @05:04PM (#7118437)

The difference is bautiful women crush me all the time, so there's strong precedence ;)

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