You know, I don't have to agree with everything Amazing Atheist says to agree with some of his points. What I am more interested about Anita cancelling her speech/lecture case, though, was; why the University didn't cancel it outright !!!? Was it supposed to be on the Campus ? I imagine maybe it's Communication class that…
http://wehuntedthemammoth.com/2014/10/14/anita-sarkeesian-cancels-talk-at-utah-state-after-receiving-threat-of-another-montreal-massacre/ What throws me off is that the majority of harassment towards women in the industry comes from those outside the industry. Its not fellow coworkers. Its the scum douche bags on the…
I'm not at all a fan of Anita Sarkeesian (doesn't have much to do with her message, I just prefer action over talking about action), but I think Makkon touched on one of the most important points earlier - it's not just her life Anita needs to think about when these types of threats come in, it's the lives of any…
I hate the idea of someone having their hard work to get where they are disregarded unfairly but I find it difficult to trust stories about studies like that. I've argued on and off for years with different people of various political and ethical persuasions and the one common characteristic I've seen across all of them…
sort of correct, i don´t think discrimination in the tech industry is such a common occurence as you ought it to be, because of all the women i know in my industry none have ever complained about beeing victim of such things. ofcourse there might be discrimination somewhere in the industry, there probably always is…
People are surrendering their personal information and willingly attaching them to their real world identities so they can use facebook and other 'social' networking sites. That information is sold, analyzed, modeled and resold over and over. And even more complicated methods of information gathering are created, which…
So she is not willing to risk her life for her cause. Interesting... I mean obviously I don't support death threats or any kind of unequalities in this life, but c'mon. For me, if you're not willing to risk everything, including your life, then you don't really believe in your own ideas. I've always suspected that all this…
And yet this statement did very little to keep it civil. Making such a broad indirect generalization based on miscommunication in this thread does very little to show your eagerness to have a conversation. Often times it's most important to have said conversation with people you disagree with. If we all lived and…
Hm ok, this is rather touchy subject it seems. I'll probably end up sounding like a dick, but here's my view on this subject. Basically, this: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ee8RgbS9ESE As the girl says, it is my impression that Anita at times just assumes a whole lot of things and accuse us players of so many things, in…
When you have over 3 billion anonymous users online, it's no surprise that a statistically small portion of said user-base accounts for what seems to be rampant attacks towards PEOPLE. This is not just a women's issue, every human being experiences harassment online. While I do find that the inequalities women face is…