Comment by NotMyMorals | Hacker News Reader

Comment by NotMyMorals | Hacker News Reader

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Wasn't the term "computer" at one time used to describe usually female mathematicians who worked in all female groups at DoD?

Perhaps the problem isn't women, and it isn't men, but instead the urge to force them together and then demand they suppress their natural gender differences?

Based on experience I would guess having gender segregated groups of technical workers could be quite productive. But anyone trying would immediately be hit by lawsuits from the discrimination lawyers.

Too much drama. Too much shit to cope with, that involves dicks and egos.

Absolutely, and from the other side, forcing a man into a mostly female group is going to drive him crazy with what he perceives to be the petty female group dynamics.

Completely agreed.

People often forget that some gender differences are what make each gender powerful.

Gender equality should not be about expecting the same features in both genders, but about having the same rights.

Right. They should be separate but equal.

They should be separate but equal.

The horror - they even have segregated bathrooms!

This is actually something I think will go away once we manage to overcome sexism in society. There is really no reason for it at all.

This is actually something I think will go away once we manage to overcome sexism in society. There is really no reason for it at all.

My subjective impression of you and your "anti-sexism" is that you are an ideological fanatic. Fortunately, it's not likely that you and your kind will ever "overcome sexism in society" and it's likely that public restrooms will remain segregated by gender.

Your understanding of the differences between the sexes seems based more on ideological, abstract categories than practical, biologically based considerations, which is often the case with ideological and religious fanaticism.

In my opinion, your "anti-sexism" is just rehashed, 20th century cultural Marxism that is fortunately becoming less popular. I hope we can all progress beyond such failed, politically and religiously motivated trends.

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