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[-] xantoxis@lemmy.world 43 points 9 months ago

"What would the reaction be?" It would be different. It would be far more negative. Do you know why it would be more negative? Because women in tech do not hold power in tech. They do not hold power in the world. A misogynistic name for that category of people would be punching down.

By contrast, "techbro" is acceptable because we know who's in power right now, and it's punching up.

HTH

[-] Dienervent@kbin.social 6 points 9 months ago

As one insider told me (who is not me): ‘imagine an equally sexist name was given to, say, female pundits and journalists’ … what would the reaction be?’

With the amount of misandry omnipresent in mainstream media. I'm starting to question which way is up and which is down.

[-] sc_griffith@awful.systems 12 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago)

crying cat

you rn

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