NYC Woman Gets Harassed 108 Times in 10 Hours for Anti-Harassment PSA

I'll start of with something I think we agree on: I don't think this article belongs on HN. The woman and her PSA have nothing to do with Tech / Software / Hackers and it is a little bit too generic interest for the site.

That being said, in general, Hackers are people and the Software/Tech industry is made of people. Some of those people are women, and some of them spend much of their professional lives being harassed. Some of those people then try to relate their harassment and are told that "that isn't harassment" or "oh it's just a few bad apples" when they are systemic things that people want to ignore.

We can't continue to live in our own little world of only technology and inventions and hooray VCs, free from "social / political areas" and hope the problems go away. You or I might not be sexist, but lots of people in the industry that we work in or otherwise care about are. So in a lot of cases, the issues are inseparable. Wanting to ignore them is an extension of one of those things that makes people hate Silicon Valley and the Tech Industry in general.

So, I would implore you to reconsider your stance on these kind of articles in general (though maybe not this one in particular) on this site, continue looking at them, and keep an open mind around the discussions. Once again, pointing out that there are issues is not a condemnation of all men or the whole industry, but the issues are systemic and ever-present.

There's no such thing as news that doesn't involve social or political issues.

There is news that doesn't challenge implicit assumptions -- but that doesn't make it non-political.

You are wrong. http://thedailyshow.cc.com/videos/v7vq7r/masters-of-sexism--...

In the words of Jessica Williams. "Our walk to work is not there for [you] to comment on. It's not a red carpet. It's not a fashion week runway. It's a sidewalk. And believe it or not, getting the horny clap of approval from any guy does not improve my day, it actually creeps me out. So guys get some impulse control because I've got some shit to do"

Um, yes, it is harassment. Don't do this.

Those are harassment, unless you're saying them to a lot of people. If you're only saying it to women you think are hot, in an anonymous street context (not a singles bar), stop it.

While you might be "technically" correct... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=90qpDg5y7Lo

So out of a video containing 90% harassment, you hone in on the one or two that are lesser in degree. Do you not agree that the woman in this video was harassed repeatedly?