No skin thick enough: The daily harassment of women in the game industry

Re:No skin thick enough: The daily harassment of women in th... by sp332 on Tuesday July 22, 2014 @01:44PM (#8070412)

OK, actually, I agree with some of this. I didn't think labeling that behavior as "primal" was accurate or helpful. It's certainly social, and bound to be more or less strong depending on the person and situation. Calling it primal is defeatist, plus it assumes that men have to fight against their base nature to be decent people.

On the other hand, I don't think the article says men don't get rape threats, just that they're rare. Also I think society really doesn't understand how sexist it is.

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Re:No skin thick enough: The daily harassment of women in th... by Zikes on Tuesday July 22, 2014 @01:47PM (#8070438)

> Also I think society really doesn't understand how sexist it is.

Oh I absolutely agree with you there. This article is largely sexist against men, but few people are willing to admit it because it's buried in a legitimate rant about sexism against women.

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Re:No skin thick enough: The daily harassment of women in th... by ahris on Wednesday July 23, 2014 @02:00AM (#8073107)

This writer has had negative experiences in the game industry due to her gender and is hoping to change that. She is not placing blame on all males. She is merely relating her personal experience where there happens to be a correlation between the negativity and males. Maybe you're reading the tone incorrectly. Her writing is pretty abrasive.

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Re:No skin thick enough: The daily harassment of women in th... by Zikes on Wednesday July 23, 2014 @02:32AM (#8073158)

I don't think you've read any of the previous comments in this thread. If you'll go back up to this[1] comment you'll see that "tone" has as much to do with this argument as the brand of laptop she used to write the article in the first place.

[1] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=8070340

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