Comments on: Adria Richards and Dongle-gate: What Now? http://www.rippdemup.com/gender/adria-richards-and-dongle-gate-what-now/ Politics, Race, & Culture Fri, 11 Dec 2015 00:14:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=4.3.1 By: Timo http://www.rippdemup.com/gender/adria-richards-and-dongle-gate-what-now/#comment-3909 Sat, 06 Apr 2013 16:50:00 +0000 http://www.rippdemup.com/?p=10356#comment-3909 My point was simply that author said men shouldn’t tell women how to feel. My response was that since many women disagree with Adria, it is no longer men vs. women issue and it’s harmful to even try to make it such. Adria can feel what ever she likes, whether other people should care is the big issue.
And no i am not trying to dictate anyone how to feel. When others start dictating how i behave based on their feewings, then I might have a problem. And so should anyone who advocating freedom in society.

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By: G-Man http://www.rippdemup.com/gender/adria-richards-and-dongle-gate-what-now/#comment-3900 Wed, 03 Apr 2013 10:45:00 +0000 http://www.rippdemup.com/?p=10356#comment-3900 Hey Tiff I don’t know if my last post went through but I think it was hubris that made her put them online, seeing as how they both make their living their: it doesn’t just say ‘hey look at this a-hole’ it says look at this a-hole, here’s where he works, go get em! I want you to understand that men are also in a position where they will make errors if judgment and lose their job for it where is the female equivalent? That’s hardly equal rights

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By: TiffJ http://www.rippdemup.com/gender/adria-richards-and-dongle-gate-what-now/#comment-3898 Wed, 03 Apr 2013 04:11:00 +0000 http://www.rippdemup.com/?p=10356#comment-3898 “She doesn’t even have a penis, as far as I can tell. Sexism is discrimination based on person’s sex. Once again, nobody was discriminated.” (…) “Personally I believe that Adria was wearing her feminist glasses and was more trigger prone than normally people are.”
–Seriously? 0__o

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By: TiffJ http://www.rippdemup.com/gender/adria-richards-and-dongle-gate-what-now/#comment-3897 Wed, 03 Apr 2013 02:31:00 +0000 http://www.rippdemup.com/?p=10356#comment-3897 Thank you!

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By: RiPPa http://www.rippdemup.com/gender/adria-richards-and-dongle-gate-what-now/#comment-3896 Wed, 03 Apr 2013 02:10:00 +0000 http://www.rippdemup.com/?p=10356#comment-3896 Sounds ike you’re attempting to dictate how women should react and feel when they encounter situations such as Adria has. Would that be the case? Further, what goes many women disagreeing with Adria have to do with her personal feelings and subsequent actions? I’m really curious to know.

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By: RiPPa http://www.rippdemup.com/gender/adria-richards-and-dongle-gate-what-now/#comment-3895 Wed, 03 Apr 2013 02:08:00 +0000 http://www.rippdemup.com/?p=10356#comment-3895 Thanks for the support!

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By: Timo http://www.rippdemup.com/gender/adria-richards-and-dongle-gate-what-now/#comment-3891 Mon, 01 Apr 2013 18:33:00 +0000 http://www.rippdemup.com/?p=10356#comment-3891 Talking about the event in pycon.

The slurs like sexism and harassment are used all the time when some are describing these guys actions. Can we at least use the words in their defined meaning without any silly skewing -feminist or otherwise.
Dongle joke was not harassment or sexism. Harassment is something you do to another party. Adria was not targeted. She doesn’t even have a penis, as far as I can tell. Sexism is discrimination based on person’s sex. Once again, nobody was discriminated.
Whether Adria should have reacted or not, it’s difficult to say since we were not there and even then we cannot always know what happens inside people’s minds and emotions. Personally I believe that Adria was wearing her feminist glasses and was more trigger prone than normally people are.
Of course writer is having a point by saying that men shouldn’t tell women how they should feel. But since many women disagree with Adria it basically dissolves the whole issue about gender. I think everybody can have their say how thick skin adults should have in our world. Put gender aside.If we go hysterical about importance of our feelings we might create world which is truly a horrible place to live.

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By: YouMadBro1 http://www.rippdemup.com/gender/adria-richards-and-dongle-gate-what-now/#comment-3888 Mon, 01 Apr 2013 03:10:00 +0000 http://www.rippdemup.com/?p=10356#comment-3888 Let’s get one thing straight. Adria was fired because she attended a professional conference on behalf of her former company SendGrid. As their PR rep, her job is to promote the company’s service in a positive light. No where in her job description did it say go on a self-initiated crusade against males in the industry. She exploited social media to fulfill an agenda on the company’s time, in an attempt to drum up a mob in her support. What if these two men were clients of SendGrid? Would they ever want to use their services again after the company’s head PR rep plastered their photo over the Internet in a “public shaming” attempt? Sounds like an awful way to conduct business.

Not only is this unprofessional, it’s possibly the worst move a PR rep could make in a professional environment. If the men’s private potty humor is grounds for termination because it was sophomoric in nature, Adria’s actions are easily up for the same type of scrutiny.

No one won here. An offensive joke was told in private, [fill in what parts of the story you want to acknowledge to nicely fit your narrative of choice], Internet chaos ensues. The end.

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By: Stirring Trouble International http://www.rippdemup.com/gender/adria-richards-and-dongle-gate-what-now/#comment-3887 Sun, 31 Mar 2013 20:22:00 +0000 http://www.rippdemup.com/?p=10356#comment-3887 Excellent post well done Tiff love it.

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By: TiffJ http://www.rippdemup.com/gender/adria-richards-and-dongle-gate-what-now/#comment-3884 Sun, 31 Mar 2013 02:56:00 +0000 http://www.rippdemup.com/?p=10356#comment-3884 I linked Amanda Blum’s post in this follow-up post about the situation. Like I opined, she seems as if she has a personal ax to grind against Richards and sought this mess as an opportunity to air them (to me).
I also admitted that Richards stepped over the line tweeting the picture to her Twitter followers, however it still doesn’t negate the fact that sexism in the tech industry is a huge problem. And yes, I agree that you can work in tech and be against sexism. I don’t think I suggested you can’t.

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