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Ask HN: Is brogrammer a sexist term?
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Re: Ask HN: Is brogrammer a sexist term?
#152Woman programmer here: I automatically assumed they were looking for college aged men. "Brogrammer," is not a unisex term, no matter how they try to spin it.
Male programmer in his thirties here: I automatically assumed they were looking for assholes.
Re: Ask HN: Is brogrammer a sexist term?
#153Is it sexist to refer to a male programmer as "brogrammer"? No. Is it sexist to state you're only interested in hiring male programmers? Yes.
Does "brogrammer" mean male programmer? No.
I'm not familiar with the term "brogrammer." If I search Google Images for "brogrammer," the first 25 results that contain people are all male.
(The 26th result is from a woman's profile on Facebook who commented on a link about brogramming.)
Re: Ask HN: Is brogrammer a sexist term?
#154Maybe, who gives a fuck?
This is my way of flagging an unflaggable post. Hell, I love memes, Reddit, drinking, partying, etc. But is that a professional or appropriate job advert for HN? Do we want to be a community which actively cultivates a 'no girls allowed' policy?
Click the "link" button on the post. https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=3168226 Then you can flag it.
Re: Ask HN: Is brogrammer a sexist term?
#155You can brogram with different sexes, do it all the time. Being PC all the time is exhausting. The females that I pair with would laugh at this term and not take offense to it. In fact by saying, "Let's brogram" would indicate the equality that I feel of that female with fellow male programmers.
Lighten up and have a sense of humor once in a while. Life is supposed to be fun, not a myriad of social rules and regulations.
Re: Ask HN: Is brogrammer a sexist term?
#156If they thought "brogrammer" was all encompassing they would have not felt the need to clarify that women could apply too near the bottom of the post. The problem is not that they were trying to be overtly sexist, it's that they didn't see it as being sexist(which is so often the case when one is in the position of privilege) Obviously new to the job posting scene, they are unaware of how this particular post would be interpreted by the EEOC, I would hate to see a brand new company have to face off with a govt. lawsuit before they even get off the ground.
Re: Ask HN: Is brogrammer a sexist term?
#157I really like the "brogrammer" term :) I think in this femi-age it's important to cultivate more masculi-terms.
> you just can't advertise for men only roles in this day and age
Why not ? And what has this day and age to do with it ?
> I don't know the law in the US but over here in the UK these guys would be opening themselves up for a nasty lawsuit.
That explains everything. UK is closer to orwellian state than any other european country, so I wouldn't be surprised if it was true.
Re: Ask HN: Is brogrammer a sexist term?
#158"bro" puns are pretty non-sexed. Women make "bro" jokes too, because they're funny and no one should take them seriously.
Be careful about the term "should", it implies a lot of assumptions that are probably not shared by your audience.
Re: Ask HN: Is brogrammer a sexist term?
#159How could it not be?
Re: Ask HN: Is brogrammer a sexist term?
#160Brogrammer? No. If someone referred to a female co-worker as a Hogrammer, then yes.