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by mmmelissa 4764 days ago
Sexism can manifest itself in many ways, and the subtle ways arent less legitimate concerns just because it could be worse. "At least youre not getting beaten, be thankful for that".

Sexism can totally be if you are a "nag" and get called a "bitch"!

Talking about an isolated relatively minor situation with the lens of sexism becomes difficult, because without establishing a pattern of behavior, its hard to determine if the situation is sexism or not.

What happens when many females encounter similar attitudes in many CS work spaces. Will we still deny that society isnt perfect?

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Sexism can totally be

That's just an unbacked assertion; come back with something better.

"nag" and get called a "bitch"!

If you are a nag you probably deserve to get called a bitch. I'm fairly certain if I nag like the OP, I'll get called a bitch, and I'm not a girl. If that's sexism, I supposed it's misandry if I get called a dick. Lame.

What happens when many females encounter similar attitudes in many CS work spaces

What happens is that it will be demonstrable with a valid statistical test, instead of being stretched from one anecdote to a complaint about CS DepartmentS in general, which the idiotic OP did. I'm waiting for you to produce the stats.

<crickets/>

"Come back with something better", "I am waiting on you to produce the stats", "<crickets/>"

...um, why would I want to engage in a discussion with someone who communicates like this?

Also before you insult people's arguments by attempting to devalue them as assertions lacking proof, make sure you are also not guilty of the same. You use a lot of absolute language for someone concerned with evidence.

Lots of things in life cant be proved, does that mean we cant talk about them like mature and curious adults?

Note to self: dont feed trolls.
Yeah you had to delete your posts because they made you look bad.

Note to myself: beware cowardly, feminist frauds

"Mature adults" don't make allegations without evidence, like Swept under the rug: the hidden sexism in CS departments

why would I want

The hell with your feelings, this is about true and false. Back up what you say or shut the hell up.