A female computer science major at Stanford: “Floored” by the sexism
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#2Did she really use the word 'sausagefest'? Ouch. That noise was credibility slamming the door on the way out.
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#3Most of these incidents just sound like guys who were genuinely trying to be nice or funny, but because anything can be seen through the lens of sexism, this woman took the opportunity to consider herself oppressed.
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#430 points and on the front page, yet basically no commentary.
That's a message by itself.
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#5are sexism and sexual harassment the same things? To me it sounded like she listed examples of both. I mean like the stranger in the night isn't exactly "sexism in tech", it is more like industry unrelated harassment bordering on assault. I'd venture to guess that such harassment/assault is even less probable from a college educated tech workers than from other demographic groups.
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#6I have heard most of these things, and it sucks. This is hella real.
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#7Perhaps the people who have downvoted every comment so far would like to contribute to the conversation?
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#830 points and on the front page, yet basically no commentary. That's a message by itself.
What is the message?
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#9Most of these incidents just sound like guys who were genuinely trying to be nice or funny, but because anything can be seen through the lens of sexism, this woman took the opportunity to consider herself oppressed.
I am reasonably convinced that even those trying to be nice or funny can be sexist, and in fact, can be sexist while trying to be nice or funny.
I am also convinced that sexism is a societal problem, and not the hand-wringing of a few key dudes.
There are plenty of things in Computer Science / engineering / etc that are trying to be nice/funny, but contribute to a strong culture of sexism.
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#10Most of these incidents just sound like guys who were genuinely trying to be nice or funny, but because anything can be seen through the lens of sexism, this woman took the opportunity to consider herself oppressed.
Hopefully you can understand that intent isn't everything?
Being considerate of others isn't just saying "pshht i didn't mean anything by it!" it's actually thinking about how other people might react in the circumstances they've been put in.
You can call sexism a lens, but it might also help to understand the experiences others have lived (from their POV, not yours) to see why it's a lens that others are brought to employing.