My Experience in Tech and Its Reflection on Women in Tech in India
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#2good read it is.
Re: My Experience in Tech and Its Reflection on Women in Tech in India
#3Are you telling me that you aren't molested in your workplace everyday ? I was made to believe that all Indians are bred as little monsters in the cauldron of a rampant "rape culture".
I'm completely confused having read this post, esp after a similar one on the US appeared last on HN,
https://medium.com/@katylevinson/sexism-in-tech-don-t-ask-me...
See, it's even on Broadway!
http://www.nytimes.com/2015/04/28/theater/review-nirbhaya-a-...
(sarcasm).
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Re: My Experience in Tech and Its Reflection on Women in Tech in India
#5Are you telling me that you aren't molested in your workplace everyday ? I was made to believe that all Indians are bred as little monsters in the cauldron of a rampant "rape culture". I'm completely confused having read this post, esp after a similar one on the US appeared last on HN, https://medium.com/@katylevinson/sexism-in-tech-don-t-ask-me... See, it's even on Broadway! http://www.nytimes.com/2015/04/28/theater…
I have an unpopular opinion on the types of people who keep harping on about sexism in tech.
And I'm not in a position to say it doesn't exist- (being a white guy and full of privilege), however it does seem that a lot of girls in tech are making a career of painting all other engineers as being inherently misogynistic, vacuous or malicious.
I mean, I don't believe we should put barriers up for women who want to be in tech, I have a few female colleagues who work in this field and they're brilliant.. but making an entire career out of getting more diversity into the technology is strange to me. If I saw people being exclusionary then this would have merit.. but the females I know are embraced (not especially more than men, admittedly, usually the same).
We're at a strange time where 90% of occasions I find a new engineer/hacker/programmer to follow on twitter, I have to check that they're not total social justice people, and it's overwhelmingly female techs that simply stop posting anything interesting technologically and start posting news articles about how we're all women hating or suppressing feminist views for not turning all characters in games into women immune from taking damage. (shitty example, I'm ranting, sorry)
I think it's very popular to be a social justice kind of person, who can say no to equality! but maybe people are using it to identify themselves too much.
--- in regards to the author of this piece, I would surmise that India is inherently more sexist than the US (given what my Indian friend says about the crime rate against women in India), therefore the expectations to be treated better than men in STEM fields doesn't exist? Not sure. And I don't really have enough knowledge to explain any disparity between the two.
Re: My Experience in Tech and Its Reflection on Women in Tech in India
#6Are you telling me that you aren't molested in your workplace everyday ? I was made to believe that all Indians are bred as little monsters in the cauldron of a rampant "rape culture". I'm completely confused having read this post, esp after a similar one on the US appeared last on HN, https://medium.com/@katylevinson/sexism-in-tech-don-t-ask-me... See, it's even on Broadway! http://www.nytimes.com/2015/04/28/theater…
Re: My Experience in Tech and Its Reflection on Women in Tech in India
#7Are you telling me that you aren't molested in your workplace everyday ? I was made to believe that all Indians are bred as little monsters in the cauldron of a rampant "rape culture". I'm completely confused having read this post, esp after a similar one on the US appeared last on HN, https://medium.com/@katylevinson/sexism-in-tech-don-t-ask-me... See, it's even on Broadway! http://www.nytimes.com/2015/04/28/theater…
I have an unpopular opinion on the types of people who keep harping on about sexism in tech. And I'm not in a position to say it doesn't exist- (being a white guy and full of privilege), however it does seem that a lot of girls in tech are making a career of painting all other engineers as being inherently misogynistic, vacuous or malicious. I mean, I don't believe we should put barriers up for women who want to be i…
I don't know if you read the (sarcasm) at the end.
I find it ironic that while you shower self-pity when it comes to the US but paint India black anyway.
India infact has a lower crime rate against women than the US (even after accounting for differences in reporting rates).
Delhi comes out being "safer" than D.C; South India is apparently much safer (author appears to be from Chennai?). I'm given to believe that things are nowhere near as egregious as the Katy Levinson case.
I read of this hilarious fact about insurance murders in NYC apparently being more in number than all the "Dowry"/Harassment cases which are so widely promulgated.
http://www.amazon.com/Dowry-Murder-Imperial-Origins-Cultural...
Go figure. Don't believe the self-hating hindu.
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#8Earlier quoted context omitted.
I have an unpopular opinion on the types of people who keep harping on about sexism in tech. And I'm not in a position to say it doesn't exist- (being a white guy and full of privilege), however it does seem that a lot of girls in tech are making a career of painting all other engineers as being inherently misogynistic, vacuous or malicious. I mean, I don't believe we should put barriers up for women who want to be i…
I don't know if you read the (sarcasm) at the end. I find it ironic that while you shower self-pity when it comes to the US but paint India black anyway. India infact has a lower crime rate against women than the US (even after accounting for differences in reporting rates). Delhi comes out being "safer" than D.C; South India is apparently much safer (author appears to be from Chennai?). I'm given to believe that thi…
I'm not American. Actually, my experience with crime rates is that where crime is common it goes unreported.
I come from a city in Britain which has a very strong crime culture, but it's never reported. I imagine if you get raped by your uncle, and so does your friend, and your friend has reported it before and nothing happened- you'd be dissuaded from reporting it too.
but I digress.
I don't have a particularly objective opinion on India honestly, I have a sum total of 3 friends who openly talk about culture their (and only 1 who still lives there), while on the other hand I'm bathed in American culture- I read their books, stories, blogs, consume their movies. Not to mention the countless friends I have who still live there and openly talk about society.
I can only talk about the US, I'm not qualified to understand everything about India unfortunately. Please take everything I said on the last line with a pinch of salt.
Re: My Experience in Tech and Its Reflection on Women in Tech in India
#9Are you telling me that you aren't molested in your workplace everyday ? I was made to believe that all Indians are bred as little monsters in the cauldron of a rampant "rape culture". I'm completely confused having read this post, esp after a similar one on the US appeared last on HN, https://medium.com/@katylevinson/sexism-in-tech-don-t-ask-me... See, it's even on Broadway! http://www.nytimes.com/2015/04/28/theater…
I have an unpopular opinion on the types of people who keep harping on about sexism in tech. And I'm not in a position to say it doesn't exist- (being a white guy and full of privilege), however it does seem that a lot of girls in tech are making a career of painting all other engineers as being inherently misogynistic, vacuous or malicious. I mean, I don't believe we should put barriers up for women who want to be i…
I think people in tech circles in India are compartively liberal and progressive. That said, sexism does exist. And people aren't even remotely as vocal as folks in the US are.
India is complicated and not as individualistic as the West is. It is also corrupted and racist. The thing is, even the victim doesn't realise s/he is a victim of racism or sexism and so on. Ignorance is bliss...
Like the author said... You're reading viewpoint of exactly one woman in tech in India.
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#10Earlier quoted context omitted.
I don't know if you read the (sarcasm) at the end. I find it ironic that while you shower self-pity when it comes to the US but paint India black anyway. India infact has a lower crime rate against women than the US (even after accounting for differences in reporting rates). Delhi comes out being "safer" than D.C; South India is apparently much safer (author appears to be from Chennai?). I'm given to believe that thi…
I'm not American. Actually, my experience with crime rates is that where crime is common it goes unreported. I come from a city in Britain which has a very strong crime culture, but it's never reported. I imagine if you get raped by your uncle, and so does your friend, and your friend has reported it before and nothing happened- you'd be dissuaded from reporting it too. but I digress. I don't have a particularly obje…
I come from a city in Britain
Britain has a higher rate than the US. My argument still holds.
Actually, my experience with crime rates is that where crime is common it goes unreported.
Given nominal reporting rates of 50% for D.C (which is being far too kind), and 10% (which is far too harsh) for Delhi, still leaves it twice as safe (and thrice as safe as London). It takes an hour to dig up the data online.
> I can only talk about the US, I'm not qualified to understand everything about India unfortunately. Please take everything I said on the last line with a pinch of salt.
... precisely my point. The propaganda has worked very well I can see. Again, don't trust the self-hating hindu unless they give you numbers.