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by willimholte 4682 days ago
There is plenty of criticism of San Francisco coming from people inside, and outside, of the startup/tech scene.

His post was misogynistic and hypocritical, which encouraged the pitchfork mob. (I don't intend to make a value judgement regarding the response his post got.)
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newnewnew 4682 days ago
It was misogynistic? I don't remember him complaining that SF needs to get rid of women or anything.
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gte910h 4682 days ago
This part:

>5. 49ers

>No, not the football team, they're great. I'm referring to all the girls who are obviously 4's and behave like they are 9's. Just because San Francisco has the worst Female to Male ratio in the known universe doesn't give you the right to be a bitch all the time

As a person who went to a university with a stilted sex ratio, then lived in a city with the opposite sort of ratio (aka, the good way for me), I'm guessing the guy just isn't adjusting well to moving west from an eastern city (NYC). I actually warned a friend of mine about this when he moved there.

http://graphics8.nytimes.com/images/2009/04/21/business/econ... for comparison

Small overall imbalances lead to LARGE imbalances in singles at younger ages.

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newnewnew 4682 days ago
Is a guy misogynist if he complains about an imbalanced sex ratio and the social pathologies that spread from that? I just wish we were less quick to excommunicate people from the politically correct Church of All. Relax people, let a little heresy into your life. You'll age better.
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prutschman 4682 days ago
It sounds as though "the guy" in question has certain expectations about the ways in which women are supposed to interact with him. These expectations apparently vary based on his perception of how attractive the woman is; he gives women he deems sufficiently attractive social license to behave in ways that women he seems as less attractive are not granted.

It's not expressly stated, but not unreasonable to guess that these behaviors revolve around the guy's expectation that a woman will respond positively to demands that she pay positive attention to him. Merely moderately attractive women are not expected to rebuff the attention of the guy, and doing so is "being bitchy."

There are certainly social pathologies here, but not on the part of the women.

The complaint being responded to is predicated on assigning every woman a social worth based solely on a numerical rating of sexual attractiveness. If this doesn't strike you as misogynist I'm unsure what possibly could.

What you see as a "politically correct Church of All" I see as "basic decency to your fellow humans."

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