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Comment by Adrock | Hacker News Reader

Don't say ridiculously sexist and superficial crap and put an emoticon next to it like that makes it ok. It's not ok.

I was saying that to due to the fact that it's true for each and every photo, even the guys I find attractive are in the front rows. I felt that the photos were slightly weird because of that. Additionally, I think many things about the logo are sexist, the needle and stitch thing is more sexist then any comment I made.

The Hacker School logo is a computer [1].

The logo you're seeing with a needle is one from Etsy [2], who by the way, were the driving force behind (and are the primary benefactors of) Hacker School's grants for women.

[1] https://www.hackerschool.com/assets/logo_140.png

[2] http://kongscreenprinting.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/Ets...

Don't attach the sexist label to things so easily. That devalues it in the mind of people that care not mindlessly.

These women just spent 3 months of technical training, and the comment started by remarking on their attractiveness and goes on to call them girls.

Not sure if they attached it 'easily', but that comment was squarely sexist in my book. Even if it was well intentioned.

I agree did you see the sewing needle in the log FFS along with craft word in the seal on the wall.

"don't worry ladies its just craft like sewing a quilt"

they will be going on about how they have some "negro boys" in the next group.

Obviously hit a nerve there

No, I said women in the field. Then I commented that /girls/ that I know. (people who are 17, 18, years old, which, if you're still living off your parents etc, you're still a boy or a girl)

I feel that even at my age, I am still a "girl" rather then a "women" personally.

Against all instincts, I'll entertain your suggestion. Why should that not be labeled as sexist?

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