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    +geek-misandry
    +=============
    +
    +Typical reaction formulae for misandrists
    +
    +1. "Wow, just wow."
    +
    +This is the #1 goto for misandrists. It discourages any actual logical discussion, and just implies that the person you
    +are talking to is *so* ignorant that it is, somehow, totally impossible for you to hold any sort of fruitful discussion
    +with them.
    +
    +
    +2. "Creep!"
    +
    +Calling someone "creepy" is the best way to tar them with a vaguely distasteful brush. Often used by so-called "feminists"
    +to sling mud when a decent logical argument doesn't suffice.
    +
    +3. "Misogynist!"
    +
    +See (2), but with the additional caveat that now even your wife, girlfriend, or close female friend might balk at being
    +associated with someone who purportedly "hates women".


    + 1. "This is _offensive_!"
    +
    + Offensiveness is a relative thing. What is offensive to me may not be offensive to you. But misandrists typically claim
    + that there is a fixed set of things that are offensive, and that set is determined by them and them only. Also see (2)
    + for related tarring-with-brush.

    1. "Women earn 77 cents to the dollar."
    +
    + This is one of the frequent ones. Even the woman who wrote an article titled "The End of Men" [has written an article debunking this oft-cited statistic](http://www.slate.com/articles/double_x/doublex/2013/08/gender_pay_gap_the_familiar_line_that_women_make_77_cents_to_every_man_s.html). Misandrists who tout this statistic completely ignore the fact that it may be a woman's choice to take a lower-paying job with more flexibility.
    +

    1. Deliberately choosing to interpret something as a sexual comment
    +
    + This was seen in the "forking repo" fiasco instituted by Adria Richards, who got a man fired because she somehow felt offended when he referred to 'forking someone's repo.', and referenced 'dongles', both of which are legit, frequently used terms in tech.
    +
    + 1. The "I have a daughter and this is going to make things difficult for her" card.
    +
    + This is often cast to attract empathy. Now suddenly, instead of enforcing a commit policy, you are making it more
    + difficult for Bryan Cantrill's daughter to make a career in the tech world. (See twitter/bcantrill's tweets from 1 Dec
    + 2013 for an example of this behavior).
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    geek-misandry
    =============

    Typical reaction formulae for misandrists

    ####1. "Wow, just wow."

    This is the #1 goto for misandrists. It discourages any actual logical discussion, and just implies that the person you
    are talking to is *so* ignorant that it is, somehow, totally impossible for you to hold any sort of fruitful discussion
    with them.


    ####2. "Creep!"

    Calling someone "creepy" is the best way to tar them with a vaguely distasteful brush. Often used by so-called "feminists"
    to sling mud when a decent logical argument doesn't suffice.

    ####3. "Misogynist!"

    See (2), but with the additional caveat that now even your wife, girlfriend, or close female friend might balk at being
    associated with someone who purportedly "hates women".


    ####4. "This is _offensive_!"

    Offensiveness is a relative thing. What is offensive to me may not be offensive to you. But misandrists typically claim
    that there is a fixed set of things that are offensive, and that set is determined by them and them only. Also see (2)
    for related tarring-with-brush.

    ####5. "Women earn 77 cents to the dollar."

    This is one of the frequent ones. Even the woman who wrote an article titled "The End of Men" [has written an article debunking this oft-cited statistic](http://www.slate.com/articles/double_x/doublex/2013/08/gender_pay_gap_the_familiar_line_that_women_make_77_cents_to_every_man_s.html). Misandrists who tout this statistic completely ignore the fact that it may be a woman's choice to take a lower-paying job with more flexibility.


    ####6. Deliberately choosing to interpret something as a sexual comment

    This was seen in the "forking repo" fiasco instituted by Adria Richards, who got a man fired because she somehow felt offended when he referred to 'forking someone's repo.', and referenced 'dongles', both of which are legit, frequently used terms in tech.

    ####7. The "I have a daughter and this is going to make things difficult for her" card.

    This is often cast to attract empathy. Now suddenly, instead of enforcing a commit policy, you are making it more
    difficult for Bryan Cantrill's daughter to make a career in the tech world. (See twitter/bcantrill's tweets from 1 Dec
    2013 for an example of this behavior).
  2. rlemon created this gist Dec 2, 2013.
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    +geek-misandry
    +=============
    +
    +Typical reaction formulae for misandrists
    +
    +1. "Wow, just wow."
    +
    +This is the #1 goto for misandrists. It discourages any actual logical discussion, and just implies that the person you
    +are talking to is *so* ignorant that it is, somehow, totally impossible for you to hold any sort of fruitful discussion
    +with them.
    +
    +
    +2. "Creep!"
    +
    +Calling someone "creepy" is the best way to tar them with a vaguely distasteful brush. Often used by so-called "feminists"
    +to sling mud when a decent logical argument doesn't suffice.
    +
    +3. "Misogynist!"
    +
    +See (2), but with the additional caveat that now even your wife, girlfriend, or close female friend might balk at being
    +associated with someone who purportedly "hates women".


    + 1. "This is _offensive_!"
    +
    + Offensiveness is a relative thing. What is offensive to me may not be offensive to you. But misandrists typically claim
    + that there is a fixed set of things that are offensive, and that set is determined by them and them only. Also see (2)
    + for related tarring-with-brush.

    1. "Women earn 77 cents to the dollar."
    +
    + This is one of the frequent ones. Even the woman who wrote an article titled "The End of Men" [has written an article debunking this oft-cited statistic](http://www.slate.com/articles/double_x/doublex/2013/08/gender_pay_gap_the_familiar_line_that_women_make_77_cents_to_every_man_s.html). Misandrists who tout this statistic completely ignore the fact that it may be a woman's choice to take a lower-paying job with more flexibility.
    +

    1. Deliberately choosing to interpret something as a sexual comment
    +
    + This was seen in the "forking repo" fiasco instituted by Adria Richards, who got a man fired because she somehow felt offended when he referred to 'forking someone's repo.', and referenced 'dongles', both of which are legit, frequently used terms in tech.
    +
    + 1. The "I have a daughter and this is going to make things difficult for her" card.
    +
    + This is often cast to attract empathy. Now suddenly, instead of enforcing a commit policy, you are making it more
    + difficult for Bryan Cantrill's daughter to make a career in the tech world. (See twitter/bcantrill's tweets from 1 Dec
    + 2013 for an example of this behavior).