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So, you're saying that women need special treatment as the more delicately nurtured sex? I completely disagree. The tech environment is what it is, and I don't want to be treated differently than my male co-workers.

Also, I've never seen anything resembling a "grotesque pastiche of misogyny and bullying" in my 17 years of working as a programmer or systems analyst.

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So, you're saying that women need special treatment as the more delicately nurtured sex?

Uh, no, he's not saying that. The issue is that women, generally, are already treated differently than their male co-workers, and they shouldn't be. It's about not treating them differently.

Close the thread everybody, a token woman just invalidated the whole thing. No misogyny in tech. Also one time a black dude said "what racism? lol" so there's no racism.

Racism? What's that? Isn't that what Morgan Freeman said we need to ignore?

Have your male coworkers ever been threatened with rape? Have they ever been told to get back in the kitchen and make a sandwich?

> Have your male coworkers ever been threatened with rape?

Do you actually think they'd report it if they were?

I've always assumed rape in general is severely under reported. People are rarely treated in a sensible way when they make an accusation that could end a person's ability to lead a normal life even if they're found innocent.

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