Moral Implications of Being Moderately Successful Computer Scientist and a Woman
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Harrassment is an awful phenomenon, and preventing it is a matter of holding men to higher standards, and not lower ones. Setting boundaries demonstrates respect, and the effects of lacking boundaries are often the same as failing to respect them. Men who lack boundaries aren't very good, and women without them aren't very good either. Showing respect for others and oneself is the best way to demonstrate them. Does someone treat themselves with respect, and do they treat others with respect- and is it clear they know what that means? Those are the people on my team. It's a small minority, but historically, we prevail.
I've been posting links about the overlap of tech and culture because tech does not exist in a vacuum and HN is often blinkered about these topics.