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When a person makes a claim of intimidation or harassment, that person should not be judged on traits that have nothing to do with the claim.

Insulting a woman in the tech industry after making statements of suffering from harassment is a very tiring theme that occurs over and over again. Even on forums that pride themselves on being intelligent and tolerant.

Let's change this and stop with the insults and victim blaming.

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Yes, thank you!

It seems like every time this sort of issue comes up, a large number of men both (a) take it as a personal attack, and (b) decide that the best way to handle this attack is to counter-attack someone's character with random accusations (like that they weren't a good enough engineer to talk about harassment in the workplace).

Really, really shameful to see it unfold every time.

No, let's cherrypick the easiest, most irrelevant claims so we can refute them. We're too busy and important to face the troubling and difficult issues that arise when women step out of place. We need to stay above that sort of drama, because we're professionals.

Besides, it's a proven fact that tech is a meritocracy.

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