By posting pictures of her house, and threatening specific acts of violence, some of these jerks may have crossed the credibility line.
Quick - lock up anyone who can use Google Street View.
The more this goes on, the less credibility the complainants have. It's understandable that a young soccer mom whose only knowledge of the Internet is facebook and twitter might get upset over anonymous threats via twitter, but not a 50-something who works in the industry. If Wu was that upset about anonymous threats by internet trolls who "OMG HAD A PICTURE OF THEIR HOME HAZ 2 MOVE", the $11,000 would probably better be spent on talking with a therapist. At a certain point, it's just not healthy to keep dwelling on what turned out to be threats totally lacking in credibility.
The passage of a bit of time should have allowed Wu to gain a more balanced perspective on things, rather than taking action that will just feed the trolls. "Oh look, we're offering rewards, with different amounts for every level achieved." Note to Wu - life is not a game. Stop treating it as such if you ever want to be taken seriously again.
The more I hear and see of this mess, and the deeper I dig, the less sympathy I have for ANY of the parties involved.
The threats were not serious. Going "OMG they have my ADDRESS!!! I have to move out!!!" She reported it to the police (the right thing to do) but temporarily moving was HER decision, not a police recommendation.
People who make threats on the Internet do so because they're scared punks who hide behind anonymity. Would they actually go and DO something physical? Of course not - that would risk the very anonymity that allows them to act like punks in the first place.
I get it - you let a bunch of anonymous freaks get to you. But doesn't there come a time when you should stop feeding them by showing how seriously you take them? The perps are laughing themselves silly at this point, because that's what trolls do - get an emotional (as opposed to rational) reaction. Anyone connected with IT knows you DFTT - unless you're trolling them back:-)
Time was when everyone's name and address were public - we had this thing called a "phone book". For those of you too young to remember, go watch the original Terminator, where "Ahh-nold" gets the list of Sarah Connors from a phone book. Who cares is some coward has your address? Really?
And before some punk says "So why don't you post your address online for all the cyber-bullies?" - already did that in another user's journal discussion on gamergate.
They conveniently leave out the part where most of the "poor workplace environments" and "mistreatment by managers and co-workers" are coming from the OTHER WOMEN. Prime well-known example: Julie Ann Horvath leaving GitHub...primarily because ANOTHER WOMAN harassed her incessantly.
And you "conveniently" left out any actual statistical evidence. And that it wasn't "primarily because another woman harassed her incessantly." You're forgetting the co-worker who professed his undying love for her, even though he knew she was already in a relationship with another employee, and he took her rejection badly - and retaliated.
There was definitely inappropriate behavior - GutHub acknowledges it here. If you've ever worked in a startup, you know how loosey-goosey things can get with the boss's family, since they feel they have tremendous skin in the game, having been there from the beginning, even if not in an official capacity. Even Bill Gates mom, Mary Gates (nee Maxwell), sat in on Microsoft board meetings for years.
The final straw for Horvath came when she saw men gawking at women who were hula-hooping at the office. She called the episode “a really ugly and inappropriate scene.” Her words:
Two women, one of whom I work with and adore, and a friend of hers were hula hooping to some music. I didn’t have a problem with this. What I did have a problem with is the line of men sitting on one bench facing the hoopers and gawking at them. It looked like something out of a strip club. When I brought this up to male coworkers, they didn’t see a problem with it. But for me it felt unsafe and to be honest, really embarrassing. That was the moment I decided to finally leave GitHub.
She didn't ask the women how they felt about it - only the men. If they were okay with the men's reactions, where's the beef? Sounds to me like there's a certain immaturity on all sides.
The real question here isn't whether the grouper is tangible or not, but whether it's fungible - just to confuse the issue, of course, because that's what lawyers do.
The first stupid error was giving the ship's captain custody of the evidence. So much for "chain of custody of the evidence". Then again, the captain was obliged to do as ordered, and didn't, in an attempt to get away with having undersized fish. But there must be laws wrt evidence tampering that don't require invoking Sarbanes-Oxley.
I guess when it comes to marine law, why not go overboard?
Well, considering that the previous poster had posed the question "So females have exclusive skills and knowledge that males don't?", it speaks directly to the heart of the matter. The two genders have wildly different interests and goals even in something as basic as sex; how can we expect them to have the same interests and goals in everything else?
So women will perceive too much sexual innuendo as creating a hostile workplace, since women. as per the study, are far less into actually fulfilling their fantasies, while men would jump at the chance.
But back to your problem... most people find that living their fantasies is a bit of a let-down - how can real life, with all its problems, ever live up to a perfect fantasy? Now this in itself isn't a problem; it's only when people reject the not-quite-perfect and continue to search for the perfect that their fantasy is interfering with leading their life.
As for that 60% stat - that's women who fantasize about bondage and domination - most of them made it clear that they would NEVER want to actually go through with it, especially with a stranger; and that men, on the other hand, don't care who it's with, it's the experience of living their fantasy that's important.
I've been looking for new sex partners for a little while, since we opened our marriage,... I expect our marriage to end in a year or two; we're great friends, but we're just not very good lovers.
If you're not into something, you're not into it. The question is, is this a deal-breaker or not? It sounds like you fear it is, but you don't know for sure. After all, sex isn't everything. What do you do with the other 20 hours a day? (I'm joking:-)
As long as you aren't being persecuted or outright discriminated against for the getting the job, you're on your own.
The glass ceiling and pay inequity based on gender are still problems - pretty much outright discrimination when it comes to $$$. Would you like your daughter to make less than your neighbor's son for the same work?
Quit fucking whining and work...its what we've all been doing for decades before now, and no one gives a rats ass if you're a man/woman or what race you are.
Until it comes to pay, promotions, credit for significant contributions or achievements.
It's called a JOB for a reason. It is work...you get paid for it, and nothing else.
To the contrary, contributing to a toxic workplace costs the bottom line, as does disrupting the workplace or not helping your co-workers, so your employment is also contingent on meeting certain norms of behavior. If everyone around you is openly ready to quit because you're a dick, pointing out "but the work is still getting done" won't save your hiney from being fired for cause.
She said her group of two people was not diverse because she was the only black person. She plainly stated that she wanted her whole group to be just like her. That is not an example of diversity, no matter how much you try to claim otherwise.
That, and a few other things, make me wonder if she really "gets it."
The last place I lived, I was definitely in the minority. The minority english-speaker (fortunately I also speak fluent french). The minority race (white). The majority of my acquaintances there were other women, mostly black, mostly french-speaking, many were immigrants... so what? I had an open-door policy, and was always inviting people over for coffee and a chat.
You don't have to "sacrifice who you are" to try to fit in. You can also fit in by being different, but still contributing to whatever group you're in. The more you can know and accept who you are, the better you can know and accept those around you where they're at, rather than trying to fit everyone into some mold or pigeon-hole.
Saying you're more comfortable with "your own kind of people" in "your own kind of neighborhood" is kind of racist. On second thought, strike the "kind of". Just because so many people do it doesn't make it right.
Again we go down the wrong path. Number one, making something attractive for a specific sex means making sexist assumptions.
Sometimes, such as in the case of providing appropriate toilet facilities, you kind of have to make sexist assumptions. Women's washrooms don't need stand-up urinals, so replacing those with more toilets, while sexist, is the obvious solution.
It's not just that IT is becoming less and less attractive to women - it's becoming less attractive, period. Has nothing to do with sex or gender. It too often sucks. The death march has become so institutionalized that if you go "hey, I'm not a slave, this is just a job, not my entire life!" you mark yourself with a big "X". Oddly enough, it's men who are more prone to get sucked into this, both because of their macho attitude (can't look like a weak wimp, hmm?) and because of the culture around male programmers having to outdo each other as part of the male pissing contests that make up a large part of IT culture. And that same macho mindset prevents them from even admitting they're being abused and victimized by the same system they're actively perpetuating.
It's not a question of making IT more attractive just for women any more.
Having one of the least female-friendly job environments comes with this distinction: Close to 40% of women who earn degrees in the field leave their jobs prematurely or never apply for jobs in the area in the first place.
Nadya A. Fouad, a psychologist at the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, dug into the research by focusing on the thousands of women who have earned engineering degrees since the 1990s. What she found is nothing short of alarming: Of all of the women who've earned degrees in the field, almost 40% of them have either left their jobs within a few years or never applied for a single engineering-related position.
It gets worse, however: Of those who left their engineering jobs, most say they were pushed out by poor workplace environments or mistreatment by managers and co-workers. About a third said they decided to stay home with children when they realized their companies wouldn't assist with work-life issues. This means that an entire crop of talented technical minds are leaving the economy due to gender inequities at work.
It's even worse for rookie female engineers (and scientists and mathematicians, too). According to a recent study from the Center for Talent Innovation, women working across all of the STEM fields were 45% more likely to quit within their first year on the job than their male co-workers.
In a perfect world, there would be no need for "black studies", "women's studies", "lgbt studies", etc. So why do they exist? Because we're not in a perfect world, and if you don't know history...
There's not exactly an outcry for "white studies" (except maybe from the Klan) or "men's studies." Even today, white men are at the top of the heap. Vladimir Putin is once again voted the most powerful man in the world, and he's not exactly noted for being in favor of diversity and sharing. The Koch brothers are, well, they're the Koch brothers.
Like rape, it's not about gender or sex - it's about power. Who has traditionally held it, and how to redistribute it more equitably.
Men are no longer content to see their daughters passed over on the job because of their gender; they now have a stake in gender equality. Inter-racial couples used to be illegal, but now they're normal, so again, we have people who now have a voice in making sure their children aren't treated badly because of their skin color. LGBTt are no longer marginalized by being officially classified as "mentally disordered" so again, another voice for redistribution of power.
But just how do you make the job application process completely gender neutral? As an experiment, I clicked on the jobs link, picked a job at random, and clicked apply. While there was no dropdown for selecting Mr | Ms | Mrs, it still asks for your first and last names, and email address. A search of just my first and last name turns me up on the first page of google, and following the links confirms my email address, other links, etc.
Data mining can automate this process, allowing the match of any firstname+lastname+email to generate quite the profile. The alternative, using just a first initial and an email address that isn't used for anything else, will raise red flags since it doesn't turn up anything.
The issue the researchers wanted to solve was this: Though there are numerous theories about deviant sexual fantasies, science had never described what was a typical fantasy versus what was "unusual."
Not surprisingly, the study confirms that men have more fantasies and describe them more vividly than women. The study also tells us that a significant proportion of women (30% to 60%) evoke themes associated with submission (e.g., being tied up, spanked, forced to have sex).
Importantly, unlike men, women in general clearly distinguish between fantasy and desire. Thus, many women who express more extreme fantasies of submission (e.g. domination by a stranger) specify that they never want these fantasies to come true. The majority of men, however, would love their fantasies to come true (e.g. threesomes).
As expected, the presence of one's significant other is considerably stronger in female fantasies than in male fantasies. In general, men in couples fantasize much more about extramarital relationships compared to women.
One of the most intriguing findings has to do with the significant number of unique male fantasies, for example, regarding shemales, anal sex among heterosexuals, and the idea of watching their partner have sex with another man. Evolutionary biological theories cannot explain these fantasies, which, among males, are typically desires.
Some of the men, the politest interpretation is that they're mentally disturbed. Others are peacocking to show their street buddies that they're "da man" by being so openly rude and sexually suggestive. They're building up their dysfunctional egos at women's expense. The rest? Shoshana is making no eye contact, not looking at them, not acting in any way like she wants to interact with them... do these guys even realize how counter-productive, how much they look like losers, doing this?
I've got a couple of recruiters that I stay in touch with,despite being in my current position for 87+ years.
So you've been at the same job since 1927? No wonder the young'uns are complaining that they can't move up the job ladder because the old farts are refusing to retire.
so long as the owner is willing to dump the collection bin from time to time and to shut off the thing if a spill or other obstruction that can't be handled by the vacuum is addressed
People who buy Roombas are the ones the least likely to be willing to do any of that.
Most people don't wear watches any more. The bedside clock is an anachronism. Who even bothers with the clock on the coffee maker when you can just turn it on on your way to the bathroom (and the digital readout is too small to read anyway)? The microwave - pull out the plug for a minute around noon or midnight if you need the time. The old style Clock on the stove, flip the breaker for an hour in the fall, and before you go to bed in the spring if you must. Wall clocks? Why bother - the only room that doesn't have some timekeeping device in it is the bathroom, and you can't rush nature.
Time changes suck, not because of the hassles of adjusting clocks, but because the one clock we can't adjust that easily, our internal clock, gets even more messed up. One example, we go to work to code during regular office hours, but for many of us our most creative and productive times are late night. Same with writing.
Every problem bears within it the seeds of its solution. Tell everyone that we can now find out how, from the way their brains react, whether they're in the closet or not, and that there will soon be an app for that which works by monitoring the iris, and watch how many people start singing about how we need more brotherly love instead of condemnation.
The iPhone version could be even simpler, just one screen with a message saying "come on, you own an iPhone. Do you really have to ask?"
All kidding aside, I've noticed that the iPhone demographic has changed. Users tend to be less liberal, tolerant, whatever. That's the price to pay when you're no longer seen as cool so much as the safe choice for soccer moms and grandparents.
I only "got" the whole pride thing after I was publicly outed last year, exposing my past to the whole community. Rather than try to ignore it, I embraced the experience and made them take out ads apologizing in the two largest newspapers. Standing up for what I am when someone tried to shame me gave me a sense of solidarity with others who have been in the same boat, and those still afraid of being outed.
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By posting pictures of her house, and threatening specific acts of violence, some of these jerks may have crossed the credibility line.
Quick - lock up anyone who can use Google Street View.
The more this goes on, the less credibility the complainants have. It's understandable that a young soccer mom whose only knowledge of the Internet is facebook and twitter might get upset over anonymous threats via twitter, but not a 50-something who works in the industry. If Wu was that upset about anonymous threats by internet trolls who "OMG HAD A PICTURE OF THEIR HOME HAZ 2 MOVE", the $11,000 would probably better be spent on talking with a therapist. At a certain point, it's just not healthy to keep dwelling on what turned out to be threats totally lacking in credibility.
The passage of a bit of time should have allowed Wu to gain a more balanced perspective on things, rather than taking action that will just feed the trolls. "Oh look, we're offering rewards, with different amounts for every level achieved." Note to Wu - life is not a game. Stop treating it as such if you ever want to be taken seriously again.
The more I hear and see of this mess, and the deeper I dig, the less sympathy I have for ANY of the parties involved.
The threats were not serious. Going "OMG they have my ADDRESS!!! I have to move out!!!" She reported it to the police (the right thing to do) but temporarily moving was HER decision, not a police recommendation.
People who make threats on the Internet do so because they're scared punks who hide behind anonymity. Would they actually go and DO something physical? Of course not - that would risk the very anonymity that allows them to act like punks in the first place.
I get it - you let a bunch of anonymous freaks get to you. But doesn't there come a time when you should stop feeding them by showing how seriously you take them? The perps are laughing themselves silly at this point, because that's what trolls do - get an emotional (as opposed to rational) reaction. Anyone connected with IT knows you DFTT - unless you're trolling them back :-)
Time was when everyone's name and address were public - we had this thing called a "phone book". For those of you too young to remember, go watch the original Terminator, where "Ahh-nold" gets the list of Sarah Connors from a phone book. Who cares is some coward has your address? Really?
And before some punk says "So why don't you post your address online for all the cyber-bullies?" - already did that in another user's journal discussion on gamergate.
But it's not a problem today because nobody watches their 3d tvs in 3d. It was an over-hyped selling point.
That all sounds like things a woman would say.
I say..grow some thicker skin.
Sounds like something a man would say :-)
But seriously, don't you have a problem with your daughter (if you have one) earning less than your neighbors son for the same work?
His actual sentence was 30 days, followed by three years supervised release.
So the courts are now doing "catch and release" for fishermen? Well, if it's good enough for the fish, ...
They conveniently leave out the part where most of the "poor workplace environments" and "mistreatment by managers and co-workers" are coming from the OTHER WOMEN. Prime well-known example: Julie Ann Horvath leaving GitHub...primarily because ANOTHER WOMAN harassed her incessantly.
And you "conveniently" left out any actual statistical evidence. And that it wasn't "primarily because another woman harassed her incessantly." You're forgetting the co-worker who professed his undying love for her, even though he knew she was already in a relationship with another employee, and he took her rejection badly - and retaliated.
There was definitely inappropriate behavior - GutHub acknowledges it here. If you've ever worked in a startup, you know how loosey-goosey things can get with the boss's family, since they feel they have tremendous skin in the game, having been there from the beginning, even if not in an official capacity. Even Bill Gates mom, Mary Gates (nee Maxwell), sat in on Microsoft board meetings for years.
But quitting over other women hula-hooping in the office and the guys ogling them doing so? Really?? Everything else she could put up with, but not this???
The final straw for Horvath came when she saw men gawking at women who were hula-hooping at the office. She called the episode “a really ugly and inappropriate scene.” Her words:
Two women, one of whom I work with and adore, and a friend of hers were hula hooping to some music. I didn’t have a problem with this. What I did have a problem with is the line of men sitting on one bench facing the hoopers and gawking at them. It looked like something out of a strip club. When I brought this up to male coworkers, they didn’t see a problem with it. But for me it felt unsafe and to be honest, really embarrassing. That was the moment I decided to finally leave GitHub.
She didn't ask the women how they felt about it - only the men. If they were okay with the men's reactions, where's the beef? Sounds to me like there's a certain immaturity on all sides.
The real question here isn't whether the grouper is tangible or not, but whether it's fungible - just to confuse the issue, of course, because that's what lawyers do.
The first stupid error was giving the ship's captain custody of the evidence. So much for "chain of custody of the evidence". Then again, the captain was obliged to do as ordered, and didn't, in an attempt to get away with having undersized fish. But there must be laws wrt evidence tampering that don't require invoking Sarbanes-Oxley.
I guess when it comes to marine law, why not go overboard?
So women will perceive too much sexual innuendo as creating a hostile workplace, since women. as per the study, are far less into actually fulfilling their fantasies, while men would jump at the chance.
But back to your problem ... most people find that living their fantasies is a bit of a let-down - how can real life, with all its problems, ever live up to a perfect fantasy? Now this in itself isn't a problem; it's only when people reject the not-quite-perfect and continue to search for the perfect that their fantasy is interfering with leading their life.
As for that 60% stat - that's women who fantasize about bondage and domination - most of them made it clear that they would NEVER want to actually go through with it, especially with a stranger; and that men, on the other hand, don't care who it's with, it's the experience of living their fantasy that's important.
I've been looking for new sex partners for a little while, since we opened our marriage, ... I expect our marriage to end in a year or two; we're great friends, but we're just not very good lovers.
If you're not into something, you're not into it. The question is, is this a deal-breaker or not? It sounds like you fear it is, but you don't know for sure. After all, sex isn't everything. What do you do with the other 20 hours a day? (I'm joking :-)
As long as you aren't being persecuted or outright discriminated against for the getting the job, you're on your own.
The glass ceiling and pay inequity based on gender are still problems - pretty much outright discrimination when it comes to $$$. Would you like your daughter to make less than your neighbor's son for the same work?
Quit fucking whining and work...its what we've all been doing for decades before now, and no one gives a rats ass if you're a man/woman or what race you are.
Until it comes to pay, promotions, credit for significant contributions or achievements.
It's called a JOB for a reason. It is work...you get paid for it, and nothing else.
To the contrary, contributing to a toxic workplace costs the bottom line, as does disrupting the workplace or not helping your co-workers, so your employment is also contingent on meeting certain norms of behavior. If everyone around you is openly ready to quit because you're a dick, pointing out "but the work is still getting done" won't save your hiney from being fired for cause.
She said her group of two people was not diverse because she was the only black person. She plainly stated that she wanted her whole group to be just like her. That is not an example of diversity, no matter how much you try to claim otherwise.
That, and a few other things, make me wonder if she really "gets it."
The last place I lived, I was definitely in the minority. The minority english-speaker (fortunately I also speak fluent french). The minority race (white). The majority of my acquaintances there were other women, mostly black, mostly french-speaking, many were immigrants ... so what? I had an open-door policy, and was always inviting people over for coffee and a chat.
You don't have to "sacrifice who you are" to try to fit in. You can also fit in by being different, but still contributing to whatever group you're in. The more you can know and accept who you are, the better you can know and accept those around you where they're at, rather than trying to fit everyone into some mold or pigeon-hole.
Saying you're more comfortable with "your own kind of people" in "your own kind of neighborhood" is kind of racist. On second thought, strike the "kind of". Just because so many people do it doesn't make it right.
Again we go down the wrong path. Number one, making something attractive for a specific sex means making sexist assumptions.
Sometimes, such as in the case of providing appropriate toilet facilities, you kind of have to make sexist assumptions. Women's washrooms don't need stand-up urinals, so replacing those with more toilets, while sexist, is the obvious solution.
It's not just that IT is becoming less and less attractive to women - it's becoming less attractive, period. Has nothing to do with sex or gender. It too often sucks. The death march has become so institutionalized that if you go "hey, I'm not a slave, this is just a job, not my entire life!" you mark yourself with a big "X". Oddly enough, it's men who are more prone to get sucked into this, both because of their macho attitude (can't look like a weak wimp, hmm?) and because of the culture around male programmers having to outdo each other as part of the male pissing contests that make up a large part of IT culture. And that same macho mindset prevents them from even admitting they're being abused and victimized by the same system they're actively perpetuating.
It's not a question of making IT more attractive just for women any more.
Why not ask women why they didn't become programmers rather than focusing on the end of the process, where the damage has long been already done?
People have done that and the answer is often "because society repeatedly told me it wasn't a job for women."
Why not ask women who used to work in IT why they left?
Having one of the least female-friendly job environments comes with this distinction: Close to 40% of women who earn degrees in the field leave their jobs prematurely or never apply for jobs in the area in the first place.
Nadya A. Fouad, a psychologist at the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, dug into the research by focusing on the thousands of women who have earned engineering degrees since the 1990s. What she found is nothing short of alarming: Of all of the women who've earned degrees in the field, almost 40% of them have either left their jobs within a few years or never applied for a single engineering-related position.
It gets worse, however: Of those who left their engineering jobs, most say they were pushed out by poor workplace environments or mistreatment by managers and co-workers. About a third said they decided to stay home with children when they realized their companies wouldn't assist with work-life issues. This means that an entire crop of talented technical minds are leaving the economy due to gender inequities at work.
It's even worse for rookie female engineers (and scientists and mathematicians, too). According to a recent study from the Center for Talent Innovation, women working across all of the STEM fields were 45% more likely to quit within their first year on the job than their male co-workers.
And therein lies the problem ...
In a perfect world, there would be no need for "black studies", "women's studies", "lgbt studies", etc. So why do they exist? Because we're not in a perfect world, and if you don't know history ...
There's not exactly an outcry for "white studies" (except maybe from the Klan) or "men's studies." Even today, white men are at the top of the heap. Vladimir Putin is once again voted the most powerful man in the world, and he's not exactly noted for being in favor of diversity and sharing. The Koch brothers are, well, they're the Koch brothers.
Like rape, it's not about gender or sex - it's about power. Who has traditionally held it, and how to redistribute it more equitably.
Men are no longer content to see their daughters passed over on the job because of their gender; they now have a stake in gender equality. Inter-racial couples used to be illegal, but now they're normal, so again, we have people who now have a voice in making sure their children aren't treated badly because of their skin color. LGBTt are no longer marginalized by being officially classified as "mentally disordered" so again, another voice for redistribution of power.
But just how do you make the job application process completely gender neutral? As an experiment, I clicked on the jobs link, picked a job at random, and clicked apply. While there was no dropdown for selecting Mr | Ms | Mrs, it still asks for your first and last names, and email address. A search of just my first and last name turns me up on the first page of google, and following the links confirms my email address, other links, etc.
Data mining can automate this process, allowing the match of any firstname+lastname+email to generate quite the profile. The alternative, using just a first initial and an email address that isn't used for anything else, will raise red flags since it doesn't turn up anything.
So females have exclusive skills and knowledge that males don't?
Every woman I know mentions men's inability to change the toilet paper.
Even our fantasies are different, as I summarize in this submission
The issue the researchers wanted to solve was this: Though there are numerous theories about deviant sexual fantasies, science had never described what was a typical fantasy versus what was "unusual."
Not surprisingly, the study confirms that men have more fantasies and describe them more vividly than women. The study also tells us that a significant proportion of women (30% to 60%) evoke themes associated with submission (e.g., being tied up, spanked, forced to have sex).
Importantly, unlike men, women in general clearly distinguish between fantasy and desire. Thus, many women who express more extreme fantasies of submission (e.g. domination by a stranger) specify that they never want these fantasies to come true. The majority of men, however, would love their fantasies to come true (e.g. threesomes).
As expected, the presence of one's significant other is considerably stronger in female fantasies than in male fantasies. In general, men in couples fantasize much more about extramarital relationships compared to women.
One of the most intriguing findings has to do with the significant number of unique male fantasies, for example, regarding shemales, anal sex among heterosexuals, and the idea of watching their partner have sex with another man. Evolutionary biological theories cannot explain these fantasies, which, among males, are typically desires.
There are differences, and there's no denying it. And the dynamics are a lot more complex than first appearances would have us believe. Example - Shoshana Roberts - the woman walking around New York getting the catcalls, then death threats when she posted the video.
Some of the men, the politest interpretation is that they're mentally disturbed. Others are peacocking to show their street buddies that they're "da man" by being so openly rude and sexually suggestive. They're building up their dysfunctional egos at women's expense. The rest? Shoshana is making no eye contact, not looking at them, not acting in any way like she wants to interact with them ... do these guys even realize how counter-productive, how much they look like losers, doing this?
They probably do. So why DO they do it?
Pity. 87+ years is nice job security, something that just doesn't exist any more in IT ...
I've got a couple of recruiters that I stay in touch with,despite being in my current position for 87+ years.
So you've been at the same job since 1927? No wonder the young'uns are complaining that they can't move up the job ladder because the old farts are refusing to retire.
Some stupid chick reading a checklist and 998 times out of a hundred they don't even know that the hiring manager has already made a decision
Misogamy and some really REALLY bad math - you must be doing shift work :-)
Recruiters would reject an application from Steve Jobs to work at Apple, because he didn't have 20 years of experience in the smart phone field.
To be fair, his performance has fallen off quite a bit since he died.
Are you kidding? Do you know how many Apple fans, when they heard that the head of Apple came out, said "I knew Steve Jobs was gay!"
Even in death, the guy is Apple.
so long as the owner is willing to dump the collection bin from time to time and to shut off the thing if a spill or other obstruction that can't be handled by the vacuum is addressed
People who buy Roombas are the ones the least likely to be willing to do any of that.
More battery life!!!
Some one never heard of the Streisand Effect. This otherwise forgettable pianist shouldn't have been such a penis.
Time changes suck, not because of the hassles of adjusting clocks, but because the one clock we can't adjust that easily, our internal clock, gets even more messed up. One example, we go to work to code during regular office hours, but for many of us our most creative and productive times are late night. Same with writing.
Every problem bears within it the seeds of its solution. Tell everyone that we can now find out how, from the way their brains react, whether they're in the closet or not, and that there will soon be an app for that which works by monitoring the iris, and watch how many people start singing about how we need more brotherly love instead of condemnation. The iPhone version could be even simpler, just one screen with a message saying "come on, you own an iPhone. Do you really have to ask?" All kidding aside, I've noticed that the iPhone demographic has changed. Users tend to be less liberal, tolerant, whatever. That's the price to pay when you're no longer seen as cool so much as the safe choice for soccer moms and grandparents.
And should we deny marriage to a woman who is postmenopausal, or has had a hysterectomy?
I only "got" the whole pride thing after I was publicly outed last year, exposing my past to the whole community. Rather than try to ignore it, I embraced the experience and made them take out ads apologizing in the two largest newspapers. Standing up for what I am when someone tried to shame me gave me a sense of solidarity with others who have been in the same boat, and those still afraid of being outed.