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A woman's opinion on dick jokes at conferences
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conference_dicks.txt
[redacted] is real good at making me angry.
the argumentation lacks any show of willingness to try to empathize
with those that whole differing view points, or who may be impacted
negatively by the behavior in question.
Why is he defending dick jokes, moreover, why is he defending people
that make dick jokes; why does he make dick jokes. I feel like, by
asking those three questions, I am currently at a more powerful point
for real understanding than he is, because he is
defending/asking/responding from a place of feeling like he already
knows all that he has to know about the issue.
Is he _honestly_ asking why dick jokes at a professional conference
for a profession dominated by men may be (ARE) alienating,
marginalizing, and oppressive?
Or is asking why dick jokes may be (again, ARE) alienating,
marginalizing, and oppressive?
Snide condescending asshattery which is AS alienating if not more so
than the act of making dick jokes at a conference. and I'm not even
there.
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ghost commented Mar 14, 2012

Other than this one aspect, I had a really good time at the conf.

Same for me, btw! What I told @mlomnicki on Monday morning is what I still feel (that it was a great conf!).

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