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This kind of response terrifies me. I'm a man, so maybe I am not in a place to correct you, but I have gotten the impression that the pressure and discomfort wrought by this kind of behavior (whether or not you have a thick enough skin to deal with it) pushes a lot of women away from tech in the first place. Even if you try and reduce the behavior to "little boys club" material, such joking is still alienating to many women.

Not only are you reducing her importance based on her former title/role at SendGrid, but you're saying her behavior warranted ("opened herself to") harassment. No two men or women are the same, but your not sympathizing with her at all confounds me.

EDIT: fixed a typo

parent granitepail 13 years ago

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