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Not I, but then again, I'm almost impossible to offend. This just seemed more silly and out of place than anything else. The 'zOMG SEXISM' drum is getting beaten especially hard recently.
This video just shows how necessary it is to beat that drum.
I had to rage-stop this video halfway through... this is ridiculous. In this day and age, I would have thought that the developer community has come to realize that sexism is out and inclusiveness is in (no, adding a "(and vaginas)" is not inclusive). We had our fun, but it significantly damaged our culture and firmly planted our female participation at 15-20%, with a female OSS contribution rate of 1.5-5%. We (I'm s…
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End SubSo, this is the second story in about a month about crazy sexist stuff going on at industry events in Scandinavia. The Dell thing I thought was beyond the pale; but this seems to be in good fun. What's up with Scandinavia?
I had to rage-stop this video halfway through... this is ridiculous. In this day and age, I would have thought that the developer community has come to realize that sexism is out and inclusiveness is in (no, adding a "(and vaginas)" is not inclusive). We had our fun, but it significantly damaged our culture and firmly planted our female participation at 15-20%, with a female OSS contribution rate of 1.5-5%. We (I'm s…
Yes, this wasn't offensive to non-male-heteros - it was just offensive. Yet I have to say I'm still laughing and it being completely over the top lends it a certain element of 'this is too ridiculous to be considered a serious attempt to empower the hegemony'. It's bad taste in general, rather than offensive to any one party.
It's absolutely so bad that I can't even manage to be outraged by it, because it brings me to tears in laughter even just thinking about it, it's such a perfect nugget of awful.
I was actually legitimately outraged by this yesterday:
http://ryannorth.tumblr.com/post/24675908508/boys-only-how-t...
(Follow-up here: http://oomscholasticblog.com/2012/06/scholastic-responds-to-...)
I wonder if those playing the "it's cheesy but c'mon, it's not offensive" line have missed the 20+ discussions about sexism and how to foster a healthy environment for women in tech on HN over the last year. The assumption that developers are men is enough here, and speakers at the conference mentioned in the song have expressed surprise and distaste at their inclusion. For example, they say "Lea Verou will make your…
Meaning I can't give a shit if some people get offended. If females don't show up, that is their choice.
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Not I, but then again, I'm almost impossible to offend. This just seemed more silly and out of place than anything else. The 'zOMG SEXISM' drum is getting beaten especially hard recently.
This video just shows how necessary it is to beat that drum.
You can beat the drum about something people don't know, a food drive, a political issue, etc but it makes no sense to keep whingin about something that people already know and have made up their minds about.
Remember House? People don't change.
I wonder if those playing the "it's cheesy but c'mon, it's not offensive" line have missed the 20+ discussions about sexism and how to foster a healthy environment for women in tech on HN over the last year. The assumption that developers are men is enough here, and speakers at the conference mentioned in the song have expressed surprise and distaste at their inclusion. For example, they say "Lea Verou will make your…
I am an atheist, which I know generally offends people, and some people think I deserve to die for that. Meaning I can't give a shit if some people get offended. If females don't show up, that is their choice.
Also, it's "women", not "females".
I dunno, I'm sure for some people there's a great crime against women hidden in there somewhere, but all I see is a great crime against good taste. I think something has to pass a certain muster of sophistication before it can be genuinely offensive. This isn't the doctrine of coverture, it's a penis scrawled near the entrance to the ladies' room. What I really want to know is, is it so hard to get decent entertainme…
Also just to clarify: As a woman who was actually present in the room when Microsoft decided to jump the shark, I don't feel especially offended by this (with the exception of the line about Lea Verou, which is beyond creepy). As a developer, though, I'm deeply offended that someone in Microsoft's marketing department could imagine we'd go for this kind of trash. That performance speaks volumes about the developer stereotypes sales people nurture, and that is especially offensive coming from a company like Microsoft, where you'd think company culture should perhaps lean a little more towards respecting the people who create the actual value the company thrives on.