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by freejazz 1117 days ago
But Bill Gates' behavior isn't excused. You keep bringing up people's bad behavior as if it should be tolerated. It isn't. You might, but as I've pointed repeatedly, you are actually rather toxic and don't seem to represent the norm at all.

OP admitted to a prima facie legally actionable sexual discrimination case. You are here defending them as it being the way things are. It isn't. That's why it's agains the law. You seem to not have gotten the memo. I'm here to remind you, apparently.
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nicenewtemp84 1117 days ago
No one is EXCUSING any behavior. They are simply not inviting temptation into their work place since we know guys like Bill Gates exist.
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freejazz 1117 days ago
You are. You are saying that an attractive woman invites sexual harassment. That hasn’t been the case in my office. You are saying it’s okay to discriminate against attractive women because men can’t control their behavior. I’ve already explained to you (like 6 times now), that is A) illegal sexual discrimination, and B) obviously fucking foolish logic. Men can control their behavior and must be expected to. Your argument is akin to saying that the greatest % of thieves are latino, so that it’s okay not to hire latinos because they might be thieves. That’s just facial discrimination and it doesn’t matter how many times you try to logically invert the situation.

It’s also amusing that in this logic, you are like “hey, we already hired the rapists, they can’t control themselves, let’s not hire any women to be around them!” And you don’t see a problem with that. Deeply seated in your logic and worldview is a view of women that is incredibly incredibly fucked up. You have not come up with a single scenario in this thread where women spend any time putting in any efforts (at work or otherwise) to do anything besides be sexual objects for men, and you push this view into everything, as if it’s actually the case. I feel sorry for the women you know that must have to deal with your regressive bullshit, and I feel sorry for anyone that has to experience you sharing such ideas.

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