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Julie Ann Horvath Describes Sexism and Intimidation Behind Her GitHub Exit

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Re: Julie Ann Horvath Describes Sexism and Intimidation Behind Her GitHub Exit

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This just sounds like plain old drama of the old fashioned sort, and not especially one that relies on sexism, but crazy people.

The difference being that sexism would be something ordinary citizens do naturally that is intolerable and is putting up with a discriminatory past or status quo and they are not being cognizant of what they are doing. This is just straight drama.

So far at least.

Re: Julie Ann Horvath Describes Sexism and Intimidation Behind Her GitHub Exit

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This seems like a very common way to dismiss complaints of sexism, whether those complaints are valid or invalid. Could someone explain why?

I remember an similar complaint against a woman who said she was groped at a conference. What, is she expected to get a video of him groping her? There's a reason why so much sexism happens behind closed doors, off the record, or just in person when nobody else is nearby.

These things need to be public because that is required before we can discuss them. We are not putting GitHub on trial here.

Re: Julie Ann Horvath Describes Sexism and Intimidation Behind Her GitHub Exit

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post #26

Until there's a second side to this my GitHub use is not going to continue. Sad to see this happen, but it's not hard to change origins on my repos to BitBucket or Gitlab. edit: and again, it's two commands to push my repo back. but i have no interest in being with github at this time

But why? Despite it's dubious origins, Github remains an excellent / superior product. One may not agree with the way they do things (and even that seems to be some, not everyone in the organization), but is that really a reason to stop using the product? https://yourlogicalfallacyis.com/genetic

He's not judging the product good or bad. He's just "voting" the company with his actions, as we all should.

Re: Julie Ann Horvath Describes Sexism and Intimidation Behind Her GitHub Exit

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1. What part of the article above would be considered hearsay? Aside from the screenshots, it feels the least bit gossipy. 2. Right to confront accusers? This seems extremely one-sided. No one she blames gets to defend themselves, where are the witnesses on either side?

Er, it's not like she's anonymously accusing them. They can confront her any time they want.

Re: Julie Ann Horvath Describes Sexism and Intimidation Behind Her GitHub Exit

#40

Crazy how women can turn even canonically geeky/boring things like Github into soap operas like "General Hospital". You've got to wonder what kind of drama occurs in actual hospitals, with alpha-doctors and nurses side-by-side. I've heard stories.

Of course, it's always the women that make things dramatic. Not the power fetish of the founder's wife, the unwanted advances of coworkers, or the reverting of legitimate contributions to the team's project.

Can't you see past the fact that she's a woman? Don't you see how demoralizing any of this would be?

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