Sexism in Tech: Don’t Ask Me Unless You’re Ready to Call Someone a Whistleblower

Post by bluehat » Wed, Mar 11, 2015, 1:12 AM UTC

eveningcoffee wrote: post #128

abalone wrote: post #32

I feel so naive asking this, but I really would like to better understand the specific scenario that led to being raped repeatedly "several times over months" by a colleague. Especially because it apparently happened to another female colleague by another man "in much the same way my attacker had raped me." I don't doubt FOR A MINUTE that this can happen but perhaps understanding the circumstances could provide a foc…

"A second colleague at a different institution held me against a wall against my objections and struggles and hit me with objects for his own amusement." Now this sounds rather as an assault, a sick power play, but I would accept it called rape when it involved was sexual amusement but probably sexual assault would be a better term as it would not dilute the meanings confusingly. Nonetheless this kind of behaviour is…

Post by bluehat » Wed, Mar 11, 2015, 1:53 AM UTC

imaginenore wrote: post #356

kendallpark wrote: post #160

Every time an article like this gets posted, ignorant commenters pretty much prove the thesis of the article. So far I have learned from HN commenters: - a hetero male would never give a BJ to a superior male no matter what therefore it is hard to understand why a woman would feel coerced into do so. - It is not possible/credible for a woman to be raped multiple times by a coworker. - It is the clearly the woman's fa…

Writing whiny articles is counterproductive. A rapist is not going to read it and think - "Uh oh, turns our rape is bad, I should stop". If there's some abuse/assault/rape, you deal with it like in any other field - you call the police, and then you press charges, and then you sue. It's the only thing that really stops the abusers/rapists.

Post by bluehat » Wed, Mar 11, 2015, 2:03 AM UTC

exodust wrote: post #379

MrScruff wrote: post #341

Earlier quoted context omitted.

FYI, you're responding to the OP. And whatever your thoughts on her article, perhaps you should just keep them to yourself on the off chance that, you know, you might be wrong. She mentioned she can produce evidence for the DEFCON story elsewhere in this thread so you might want to get that $500 ready.

> you might want to get that $500 ready She said the cameras weren't rolling. And I said I wanted recorded evidence, so my $500 is safe. The reason it's safe is not because the cameras weren't rolling but because 24 men never chanted "show us your tits". Who knows, maybe one idiot in the crowd did... but 24 didn't. I just watched some of her talk on youtube, and she has the crowd in her hand. She owns the topic and g…

Post by tomlock » Wed, Mar 11, 2015, 4:15 AM UTC

tomlock wrote: post #364

stefantalpalaru wrote: post #321

Earlier quoted context omitted.

No, I'm afraid you'll have to do the understanding all by yourself.

Done. Now where's the dangerous trend?

Post by hashed » Wed, Mar 11, 2015, 11:20 PM UTC

bluehat wrote: post #392

hashed wrote: post #367

This girl is lying, the story doesn't make sense and everybody here are too nice to point it out so they try with this typical programmer passive nice way to point out how the story doesn't add up and how nobody actually faced this kind of environment anywhere. Guys, have some balls, call bullshit when it's due. The tech industry is not more sexist than any other industry, the opposite. I have seen much more mischief…

What evidence do you have that the tech industry is less sexist than other places? Are you arguing that women like working with sexist people through your finance experience? Are you arguing that women who talk about rape don't have the respect of their peers and must be bad coders? I don't understand any of what you said.