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No buts, I just wanted to make it apparent from the start that I am not sexist. "Equality" is all that I want, and it bugs me when people start saying things like "the industry is filled with sexism" or "sexism is the norm" or "most males are sexist" because it is simply not true. Or it is true, and 99.999 women just choose to be silent about their cases of sexism. It is insulting when people attack males as a single group based on some edge cases.


> Or it is true, and 99.999 women just choose to be silent about their cases of sexism.

They are far more silent that you think. Ask some actual women about it some time.

> It is insulting when people attack males as a single group based on some edge cases.

You're right, that would be insulting, if it were at all what was actually happening in this plane of reality.


Of course it's true that sexism exists - plenty of women do choose to be silent on issues of sexism. It is an incredibly hard to bring up such a personal thing when you want to be taken seriously professionally.


It is insulting when people attack males as a single group based on some edge cases.

Men are so sensitive about sexist comments when they perceive they're the targets. Lighten up, dude, I'm not sexist :)




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