[zoips]

Some of those try much too hard, which is kind of silly because you don't need to reach very hard to find people saying stupid/ignorant things about any race/religion/sex/gender/orientation/whatever.

"Most girls aren’t into this kind of stuff." - Easily can be said about guys. In fact, most guys aren't into many stereotypical nerd pursuits.

"How did you learn to do all this?!" - Said to me all the time, and I'm a guy.

"Let me know when you want to do that so I can help you. No offense, but you just don’t know enough about it to try it on your own." - Said to me, and I'm a guy.

"See, that’s the great thing about you, I know I can tell ‘offensive’ jokes around you and you won’t care." - Coworkers say things that make me uncomfortable as well, and I'm a guy (I get squicked out when people start comparing how physically attractive people are, male or female, for example).

[ritchiea]

I don't get how people read these things and want to poke holes and attack the weakest points in argument. If someone feels uncomfortable at work how about we listen? There's certainly not much/any evidence that women are treated well in tech and yet there's a rush to defend against any criticism of the men in tech.

[zoips]

I think you misunderstand. What I meant to convey is that I believe adding filler weakens her already valid point.

[ritchiea]

Ah ok, my mistake. I'm sorry. I think we agree then, you're right I'm a man and people still say to me "Where'd you learn to do all these things?"