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In reply to the discussion: Donglegate, and why we don't have more women in tech [View all]FarCenter
(19,429 posts)168. There's no indication that Ms Richards had a difficult teen or early 20's career
Out of HS, she seems to have been recruiting public opinion survey subjects. She then went to a community/technical college for a couple years, majoring in Psych, but not getting a degree. What follows is a succession of help desk, desktop admin, and network admin jobs until she goes into the IT training field. Rather late she got certs in training and MSCSA. Meanwhile active in racial and feminist causes.
In other words, no CS or STEM degree, no software development background, and the type that IT professionals are well advised to steer very clear of.
It's a problem for legitimate women IT professionals that there are so many of this type around, but with the internet it is becoming easier to tell who's who.
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"Stroke"? That sounds an awful lot like a sexual innuendo. FOR SHAME!
Warren DeMontague
Mar 2013
#27
ok... I seriously laughed out loud.. the dogs are looking at me like I'm nuts
opiate69
Mar 2013
#139
Hell, I *live* in Portland, and I've always been sort of lukewarm on that show.
Warren DeMontague
Mar 2013
#37
They never once used the word "public reaction" in his/her post. There were two lines about it.
Kurska
Mar 2013
#94
He said she fought the patriarchy, how is that anything besides a justification or at least praise?
Kurska
Mar 2013
#113
Yes I do think an employer would fire someone over a single remark I've seen it
Kurska
Mar 2013
#144
I don't think she is fighting the "patriarchy" FYI, she is just a self promoter trying to make money
snooper2
Mar 2013
#167
So your chief objection here is that she was theoretically threatened with rape? n/t
Demo_Chris
Mar 2013
#38
No. It is my way of avoiding a definitive and possibly libelous statement. n't
Demo_Chris
Mar 2013
#81
You're not being a busybody to complain about an offensive comment said loudly enough
Honeycombe8
Mar 2013
#33
Oh, no you're not. He said it loudly enough in a crowd for others to hear. It's
Honeycombe8
Mar 2013
#63
She handled it wrong. But that's not being a busybody, which means interfering in
Honeycombe8
Mar 2013
#100
yes, it's being a freaking busybody. Like a lady who calls the police because she heard her
HiPointDem
Mar 2013
#126
why the FUCK is everybody ignoring simple moral issues and bending over backwards to defend the guys
redqueen
Mar 2013
#55
It wasn't malicious when the guys made the penis joke and it wasn't malicious when she made the
dkf
Mar 2013
#154
she didn't 'challenge the patriarchy'. to equate his act (making a penis joke to a friend) with
HiPointDem
Mar 2013
#3
I understand quite well; that culture is tolerated a/o encouraged by management or
HiPointDem
Mar 2013
#20
eavesdropping on a conversation she wasn't a part of, taking someone's picture without permission,
Warren DeMontague
Mar 2013
#13
My Wife is a Feminist who functions very well in the tech industry, doesn't take any shit,
Warren DeMontague
Mar 2013
#43
It's not private when they were in a setting where EVERYONE ELSE could hear their shit.
alp227
Mar 2013
#53
I'm sorry, but a "Dongle" joke is not something to make a fucking Federal case over.
Warren DeMontague
Mar 2013
#60
The ONLY reason it is such is because of the trolls who retaliated against Richards.
alp227
Mar 2013
#124
Well if women are going to make dick jokes and then try to get men fired for doing the same...
dkf
Mar 2013
#14
honestly i dont get donglegate. i think public shaming for a private joke
La Lioness Priyanka
Mar 2013
#34
i think i would defend it, if they were making genuinely hateful comments
La Lioness Priyanka
Mar 2013
#103
My girlfriend can identify about half-a-dozen reasons why there aren't more women in high tech,
Sen. Walter Sobchak
Mar 2013
#46
Is it okay to post peoples' pictures on the internet without their consent, or isn't it?
Warren DeMontague
Mar 2013
#49
If you are at a protest holding a sign, you are by definition asking for public attention.
Warren DeMontague
Mar 2013
#136
Because she picked the shittiest venue to resolve a conflict and the inhabitants...
JVS
Mar 2013
#88
Dongle jokes are not as bad as marketing types refering to engineers as nerds, geeks and techies
FarCenter
Mar 2013
#116
It is when technically clueless twenty something marketing blondes apply it to computer scientists
FarCenter
Mar 2013
#121
no, it's not. as far as i know computer scientists have never been lynched
La Lioness Priyanka
Mar 2013
#122
OK, but they are still hugely insulting terms, and should never be used in a professional setting.
FarCenter
Mar 2013
#125
yeah being called fat is hugely insulting but its nothing like a racially loaded word
La Lioness Priyanka
Mar 2013
#127
If one of these guys had grabbed her ass, asked her for sex, commented on her body,
Nye Bevan
Mar 2013
#132
In my long career, I have witnessed and been subjected to quite a bit of
Live and Learn
Mar 2013
#156
There's no indication that Ms Richards had a difficult teen or early 20's career
FarCenter
Mar 2013
#168