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		ritchiea on April 3, 2015 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Things My Male Tech Colleagues Have Actually Said ... I don't get how people read these things and want to poke holes and attack the weakest points in argument. If someone feels uncomfortable at work how about we listen? There's certainly not much/any evidence that women are treated well in tech and yet there's a rush to defend against any criticism of the men in tech.

zoips on April 3, 2015 [–]

I think you misunderstand. What I meant to convey is that I believe adding filler weakens her already valid point.

ritchiea on April 3, 2015 | [–]

Ah ok, my mistake. I'm sorry. I think we agree then, you're right I'm a man and people still say to me "Where'd you learn to do all these things?"

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