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'Titstare' app at TechCrunch: women in tech deserve better

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Re: 'Titstare' app at TechCrunch: women in tech deserve better

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Post by jnardiello »

iMark wrote: post #9
jnardiello wrote: post #8

Frankly, TitStare was quite funny. In despite of being tits-related, i can't see how a woman could find it offensive (maybe because she has tits too? i can't see the correlation). It's more about lonely developers staring at tits. It's funny to see how the tech industry is passing thru its "feminist" age and just can't understand that THERE ARE differences between men and women, which doesn't mean anyhow that one is…

You're playing devil's advocate, right?

Not really. Just expressing a point of view.

Re: 'Titstare' app at TechCrunch: women in tech deserve better

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Post by toyg »

Argorak wrote: post #5
Grue3 wrote: post #4

What is sexist about CircleShake? It's not about women at all.

It is a very manly gesture that implies a mental image of the someone else being the subject of the gesture. But first of all, it is very immature and tasteless and shouldn't be done on stage.

The pictured "other sex" could as well be the "same sex" for all you know -- OMOPHOBIA! CHECK YOUR PRIVILEGE!

I'm just joking, of course, and I agree that this app was immature and not deserving of any space at Disrupt (and goes doubly for Titstare, horrifying). Still, this whole PC thing sometimes can feel like walking on eggshells, as I've just demonstrated to you.

Re: 'Titstare' app at TechCrunch: women in tech deserve better

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Post by chris_wot »

toyg wrote: post #12
Argorak wrote: post #5

Earlier quoted context omitted.

It is a very manly gesture that implies a mental image of the someone else being the subject of the gesture. But first of all, it is very immature and tasteless and shouldn't be done on stage.

The pictured "other sex" could as well be the "same sex" for all you know -- OMOPHOBIA! CHECK YOUR PRIVILEGE! I'm just joking, of course, and I agree that this app was immature and not deserving of any space at Disrupt (and goes doubly for Titstare, horrifying). Still, this whole PC thing sometimes can feel like walking on eggshells, as I've just demonstrated to you.

If it was about the same sex, would it make it any worse?

Re: 'Titstare' app at TechCrunch: women in tech deserve better

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Post by chris_wot »

cliveowen wrote: post #13

I'm tired of seeing everything linked to sexism in tech. Moreover, sexism isn't a female only problem: try (as a male) to get a job in a kindergartn or a nursery school.

Not everything is. Sexist things in tech get linked to sexism.

Re: 'Titstare' app at TechCrunch: women in tech deserve better

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Post by Grue3 »

Argorak wrote: post #7
Grue3 wrote: post #6

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Your comment is incredibly hetero- and cis-normative, and also slut-shaming to boot. For shame!

Beg your pardon?

Assuming males masturbate only to women = heteronormativity. Assuming only males have penis = cisnormativity. Shaming a person expressing their sexuality = slut-shaming.

Re: 'Titstare' app at TechCrunch: women in tech deserve better

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Post by drunken_thor »

jnardiello wrote: post #8

Frankly, TitStare was quite funny. In despite of being tits-related, i can't see how a woman could find it offensive (maybe because she has tits too? i can't see the correlation). It's more about lonely developers staring at tits. It's funny to see how the tech industry is passing thru its "feminist" age and just can't understand that THERE ARE differences between men and women, which doesn't mean anyhow that one is…

It's more about objectification of women it doesn't matter if it is lonely developers doing it. It is disrespectful. What are the women who attended this hackathon supposed to think. Do you think they would feel like they are valued for the ideas and knowledge they bring, or their tits?

Re: 'Titstare' app at TechCrunch: women in tech deserve better

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Post by Argorak »

toyg wrote: post #12
Argorak wrote: post #5

Earlier quoted context omitted.

It is a very manly gesture that implies a mental image of the someone else being the subject of the gesture. But first of all, it is very immature and tasteless and shouldn't be done on stage.

The pictured "other sex" could as well be the "same sex" for all you know -- OMOPHOBIA! CHECK YOUR PRIVILEGE! I'm just joking, of course, and I agree that this app was immature and not deserving of any space at Disrupt (and goes doubly for Titstare, horrifying). Still, this whole PC thing sometimes can feel like walking on eggshells, as I've just demonstrated to you.

Edited to "someone else".

In any case, "walking on eggshells" is what you do on stage anyways.

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