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by daleharvey 4533 days ago
Every female would have had to get over the constant systematic assumption that they didnt belong in this field, from the culture being the only girl in the room / on the team / to the constant assumptions that they are in marketing at meetups and generally just reminded at ever step that they 'dont belong'

You are right, it is not the level of oppression as seen in North Korea, but it is severe and blindlingly obvious, and by making that statement you are helping increase that hostility towards one gender, that isnt nice.
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peteretep 4533 days ago 

    > Every female would have had to get over the constant
    > systematic assumption that they didnt belong in this field,
    > from the culture being the only girl in the room / on the
    > team / to the constant assumptions that they are in
    > marketing at meetups and generally just reminded at ever
    > step that they 'dont belong'
Which they have in many more prestigious and traditionally more masculine fields, with medicine being the prime example.
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thisone 4533 days ago
> to the constant assumptions that they are in marketing at meetups

I often get "so, you're a designer?"

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