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Re:Sexism in Tech: Don’t Ask Me Unless You’re Ready to Call ... by tomlock on Sunday March 08, 2015 @09:47PM (#9168453)
The amount of downvotes I've got on the above comment really speaks volumes about the problem. It is shameful to me that I can get downvotes on a comment that suggests people actively listen to women.
Re:Sexism in Tech: Don’t Ask Me Unless You’re Ready to Call ... by swombat on Sunday March 08, 2015 @10:11PM (#9168562)
There's some very weird downvoting patterns on these sexism-related threads. A very polarising topic ("you're either with us or against us, and if I think you're against us I'll downvote you as soon as I detect that this might be the case"). Seems to be happening from both sides of the discussion, which makes for some very random votes.

For shame - polarising the discussion doesn't help anyone. :-( Those who downvote reflexively in this manner are precisely the ones who most need to pause, read carefully, and try to learn to see things from more than one perspective...