[ianstallings]

On the topic of equality in general - As an old man and a father of a 22 year old woman let me tell you what I've observed - women don't need your help and when you act like they need your protection you're no better than someone who treats them as weaklings. It's a fine line and imho the best bet is to just treat them as you would anyone else.

[vdaniuk]

Ugh. I am considering your intentions good, but your statement sounds evil.

Most human beings need protection and help. Programming is hard. Learning to program is hard. Leaving happily in these crazy times is hard.

Just be empathetic, dont be condescending and bam, your help will be greatly appreciated by men and women. That's what I think one should treat anyone else in this particular regard.

[ianstallings]

I'm sorry, did you just call me evil because I said you should treat women equally? Get your head checked.

[vdaniuk]

>.. did you just call me evil.. No, I did not.

> Get your head checked. Is this the kind of treatment you were talking about? :D

[ianstallings]

Are you trolling me? I don't understand what you want. Be straight forward and stop wasting my time.

[readme]

If you're talking protection in the physical sense, for 99% of women you're absolutely wrong.

I'm in the military and there are only a few women I know who would hold their own in a fight against a similarly fit man. I can think of maybe 1 off the top of my head.

Years of evolution made us this way, it can't just be undone by an egalitarian sentiment.

[ianstallings]

True, there are physical differences that are hard to overcome without help. But there is a lot of help out here in the modern world. Pistols, stun guns, pepper sprays, and other self defense techniques are just an example.

[mercurial]

Do you feel the women mentioned in the article were treated like their male colleagues? Or maybe I'm missing your point.

[_bfhp]

Whether or not someone is "act[ing] like [women] need [their] protection" is relative assessment and you haven't even accused anyone of fitting the description.

[ianstallings]

I reject your new grammatical protocols. RESEND in human format.

[_bfhp]

I have no idea what you mean here. Again: who are you accusing of paternalism and why?