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A Software Project Full of "Male Anatomy" Jokes Causes Controversy
An anonymous reader writes with the story of a Github user's joke repository that is causing some controversy. "There's no question that the tech world is an overwhelmingly male place. There's legit concern that tech is run-amok with 'brogrammers' that make women programmers feel unwelcome. On the other hand, people just want to laugh. It's at that intersection that programmer Randy Hunt, aka 'letsgetrandy' posted a 'project' earlier this week to software hosting site GitHub called 'DICSS.' The project, which is actual free and open source software, is surrounded by geeky jokes about the male anatomy. And it's gone nuts, so to speak, becoming the most trending project on Github, and the subject of a lot of chatter on Twitter. And, Hunt tells us, the folks at Github are scratching their heads wondering what they should do about it. Some people love DICSS ... and some people are, understandably, offended. The offended people point out that this is exactly the sort of thing that makes tech unwelcoming to women, and not just because of the original project, but because of some of the comments (posted as "commits") that might take the joke too far."
Some people need to get over the ridiculous notion that they have some kind of "right" to not be offended.
There is no right to create a hostile working environment for women.
It takes me back some years now.
Someone brought a life sized border town strip club poster into work and pinned it to a back office wall.
That ignited a frat house arms race that ended with the entire back office being papered over with pinups with a spillover up front....
This did not end well.
Why would you be doing all this towel-snapping grab-ass in the workplace, anyway?
Jackassses and men's rights advocates like to blame feminists for the fact that they're not really welcome anywhere but in prison these days, but really, it's because most people like to get through their workday without having to deal with a bunch of skeevy guys who believe wagging their dicks all over is the height of sophisticated masculine behavior.
In summary, it's not feminists' fault that nobody wants to be around you when you're acting out. It's probably something that should have been dealt with by your parents when you were 9, but since you've managed to make it to adulthood without any sense of boundaries or notion of what is appropriate in the workplace, there's nothing for everyone else to do but shun you.
You are welcome on my lawn.
Let's extend that argument a little bit, shall we?
People who are offended by their supervisors sexually inappropriate behavior in the workplace can always just quit and go find a different employer... they are free to boycott the company... they are *not* free to to use legal recourse to force such clearly immature persons into behaving as they believe they ought to./
Now do you see where it comes from? Still think they are being immature? Or does the fault lie much deeper?
File under 'M' for 'Manic ranting'