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Your statements come across as paranoia and looking for a problem where one likely doesn’t exist.

As a white guy should I examine every interaction to see if there are racial or gender undertones? If my African American boss tells me not to be late, is it because I’m white? Or my female boss says my work is subpar, is it because I’m a man? No, that’s silly without evidence.

And Martinez’s statement was: 1) fiction, 2) satire/humor, 3) taking place in a post-apocalyptic world.

Thus, the only evidence you could garner from his writing is he may judge you as “worthless” if it’s a post-apocalyptic world where he needs you to fight zombies.

Is that a problem when he asks you to fill out an excel after you get your free catered lunch at Apple?

It might be silly without evidence. The threshold for silliness would become a lot lower if there were a history of systemic problems and extensive evidence of similar scenarios in the present.

“Extensive evidence of similar scenarios”?

So if in another company a man discriminated against a woman, it increases the probability that the same thing is happening to the OP?

That sounds quite sexist actually. You’re basically stereotyping men based on a few bad actors.

> So if in another company a man discriminated against a woman, it increases the probability that the same thing is happening to the OP?

This is clearly not what anyone here is saying you should really take a moment to reevaluate your position. We're not talking about one man in one company but a historical and systemic suppression.

Additionally, you'll notice that the person you are responding to does not act or treat their colleagues differently, only that they consider where these noticed actions come from.

That’s clearly what people are saying.

“Because there is a history of other men discriminating, your actions are automatically suspect”.

Kind of similar to people assuming blacks are criminals. It’s pure sexism/racism.

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