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smsowmya
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Comment #13220474
https://mfbt.ca/some-garbage-i-used-to-believe-about-equalit...
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Comment #13218002
arranged marriages are usually family introductions and rarely forced. the way they limit choice is by constraining potential partners to your own caste or community, to the suprem…
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Comment #13217924
sigh - but management can do a better job managing and if victims know what or how to recognize problems, they can be better prepared to deal with the situation more effectively. w…
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Comment #13217879
this person is a troll - just read his comments. don't bother engaging.
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Comment #13207136
i don't work there any longer. i don't believe in allowing anyone the kind of leverage that results in me being abused.
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Comment #13205733
i agree about walking away, but i think by the time you think its a legal issue, its too late. its not easy to find a job when you have anxiety or depression - i tried a lot to do …
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Comment #13204671
indian women being considered "exotic" is one of those..
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Comment #13204621
From my response There was no quote because it was him being nicer to me than to the other men thought he should have been - it was actually him not treating me like a second class…
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Comment #13204604
read the blog.
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Comment #13204599
thanks :-) and i really do appreciate your support of me in the threads. more than one guy has defended my post for me and that has been encouraging to see :-) honestly, not all me…
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Comment #13204588
I wasn't being defensive - he WAS treating others unfairly too ... you think they would have sprung on me if he had not been an ass to them and they hadn't felt threatened ? I am t…
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Comment #13201770
I think I was being sarcastic. Publishing this post has been a draining experience for me and I don't think I can be trusted to make coherent arguments about this issue for a while…
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Comment #13201666
If things happen in places that have cameras, maybe it is helpful. But otherwise ? These things just happen - they cannot really be anticipated.
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Comment #13201655
is the fact that Apple thought to issue me an apology not enough proof that I am not making things up ?
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Comment #13201646
I understand what you meant, but what I said is that public discussions on these issues are career-impacting, and usually negatively. As painful as sexism is, I don't think it is p…
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Comment #13201049
thank you :-) i needed your empathy :-) my earlier attempts to respond sooner to your comment failed to get posted. :-/ i would have thought my saying that apple apologized would b…
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Comment #13200856
thanks for the defense. a woman would have to be foolish to create such a ruckus about "just sexism". we just suck that part up as part of our jobs.
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Comment #13200845
what about the livelihood of the victim ? is that not at stake because of someone else's misbehavior ?
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Comment #13200826
sigh. i did not take any favors - i want my career to be built on merit and not favoritism - that is why i left the company. but do people realize that's not actually fair ? and th…
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Comment #13200811
look at the skeptics in this thread as an example .. does it give you a warm and fuzzy ? this is a stressful thread to read.
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Comment #13200805
i will agree. from unfortunate personal experience.
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Comment #13200802
thanks a lot :) sorry you had to do that. i will look at the book. :-)
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Comment #13200771
anyway, i only said the company needs to encourage investigations and reporting, not discourage them. this has nothing to do with people at all - it is the company's attitude that …
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Comment #13200761
to be honest, women's careers are ruined far more than men. how many men do you know who have been ostracized ? trump is president for crying out loud.. and ailes is happily workin…