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tech, humor, and nuance by David Chartier—tech distiller, freelance writer, Macworld contributor, wrangler of Finer Things in Tech
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“I think women need to see other women in tech. It would be nice if it wasn’t paid actors.”
Molly Wood of CNET, speaking to the Verge in Samsung weird: how a phone launch went from Broadway glitz to sexist mess
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Seth MacFarlane made a whole bunch of sexist, reductive jokes at the Oscars last night. It’s frustrating enough to know that 77 percent of Academy voters are male. Or to watch 30 men and 9 women collect awards last night. But MacFarlane’s boob song, the needless sexualization of a little girl, and the relentless commentary about how women look reinforced, over and over, that women somehow don’t belong. They matter only insofar as they are beautiful or naked, or preferably both. This wasn’t an awards ceremony so much as a black-tie celebration of the straight white male gaze. […]
Yes, I can take a joke. I can take a bunch! A thousand, 10,000, maybe even more! But after 30 or so years, this stuff doesn’t feel like joking. It’s dehumanizing and humiliating, and as if every single one of those jokes is an ostensibly gentler way of saying, “I don’t think you belong here.”
”There’s a difference
ProTip: There’s “a heroine or villainess who is ‘strong and in charge,’ who may enjoy her sexuality, but does not use it as a form of control or barter system.”
Exhibit A: Lara Croft from Tomb Raider.
Then there’s “a heroine or villainess who not only enjoys her sexuality, but uses it as a form of control and/or bartering system and walks around like she’s one pizza delivery guy’s visit from shooting a cosplay porno.”
Exhibit B: Catwoman in Batman: Arkham City.
Massive, massive difference, kids.
Female FOSS dev quits tech industry due to harassment - iTWire
Tech: boasting to be one of the most forward-thinking industries on paper, yet rife with stories of misogyny.
Texas Battlefield 3 launch LAN bans women from attending | Border House
Text from the original FAQ, now replaced with simply “it’s a gentlemen’s retreat”:
Nothing ruins a good LAN party like uncomfortable guests or lots of tension, both of which can result from mixing immature, misogynistic male-gamers with female counterparts. Though we’ve done our best to avoid these situations in years past, we’ve certainly had our share of problems. As a result, we no longer allow women to attend this event.”
So instead of punishing the degenerates who create this culture, they punish the object of its miseducated hatred–women, also known as fellow human beings.
Makes perfect sense.
via Brittany Tarvin
