[ianseyer]

This is a terrible idea, and is basically like a cop out towards "I don't want to have to think about this // it happens everywhere so stop talking about it."

The community/work atmosphere around tech, and the implications that atmosphere has on acceptance within the tech community, has direct implications for the future of education and work within the field.

It's absolutely vital that people (especially women) have a relevant place to discuss these things, so that people who read tech news are not ignorant to the ongoing discrimination and oppression within the industry.

[buf]

If 99% of males are decent as the article describes, all this does is creates the illusion that all police officers are racist. It's only news because it's sensational.

[ianseyer]

Do you actually believe that 99% of males do not take particular actions against women that could make them feel oppressed in some way?