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Re:Why Every Man Should Be Strong by Someone1234 on Monday August 25, 2014 @02:41PM (#8223307)
The article is /about/ men, however, jumping from that to a claim that it appeals "exclusively to men" is both unsupported by your post and isn't immediately obvious otherwise.

Women can enjoy reading, learning, and thinking about men and masculinity. Men certainly do so about women and women's issues (even on Hacker News). If we take the logic in your post to its natural conclusion then any articles about women's issues (e.g. sexism against women in technology) shouldn't appear on the site, which is patently absurd.

I actually agree that this article shouldn't be on the site, but only because the theme has absolutely nothing to do with programming, startups, entrepreneurship, or business which is Hacker News' bread and butter. Not for the reasons you do (which are silly).

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Re:Why Every Man Should Be Strong by ahmad19526 on Monday August 25, 2014 @02:49PM (#8223370)
The reason I posted this article to HN, although it does not directly contribute to "programming, startups, entrepreneurship, or business" is because there are many self-help/improvement related posts on HN.

I'm starting to see a trend in HN being a place where people learn more about many things. Maybe HN should not have these kinds of posts, I can't answer for what HN should be. I do think this post can help people be better individuals, and in turn be better programmers, entrepreneurs, business persons, etc.

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