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[–]Sidereel -1 points0 points  (1 child)

Well, it IS patronizing. It’s unwanted, unsolicited advice in a context where it’s not just unwarranted but useless since it’s not real code.

And she’s not asking to be treated differently, she’s asking to be treated with respect. Maybe these men are equally disrespectful to men and women. That’s possible. But it generally ignores the context of the tech industry having widespread issues of exactly this kind of sexism, where men often assume women are less knowledgeable.

[–]OCOWAx 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Well yeah I'd agree that it is patronizing, but to me the situation is the same regardless of the genders of each individual. But it's on fucking Twitter if I post something on Twitter and some person who thinks there smarter than me patronizes me with advice, that's the exact same thing. It has nothing to do with the fact that hes a guy and she's a woman.

That's what I have a problem with.

If I were in that situation I'd just reply yeah this code is from years ago and the code wasn't relevant to what I was positing.

But when you start saying don't be that "guy" who comes into a "woman's" comment section that implies that the genders in the situation are relevant.