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Tech bros' attitude to female colleagues stuck in dark ages
(www.theregister.com)
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i am autistic as balls, but i grew up surrounded by women and have a lot of female friends. i am happily married to an attractive and extroverted neurotypical woman.
it is only working in tech that ive experienced complaints from women about my serial killer vibes or whatever. looking at someone in the face for too long, smiling too much, laughing at the wrong times, misinterpreted sarcasm... i can try to avoid women in the workplace, but that isn't normal behavior either.
in no universe have i ever thought it would be a good idea to flirt with or be rude to a coworker. i have no idea how to improve but id love to figure it out some day. i work well with most people.
i have female friends who have received some frighteningly severe sexual harassment at work. weird comments, touching, sexually charged insults, things like that. most men don't see it because it's often done privately. if she speaks up she might win a lawsuit, but she loses her job and possibly her career. i have to wonder if the industry has simply been poisoned by this sort of thing.
if people think you're a creep, you won't get comments about it directly to your face. my strategy to deal with passive aggression in a workplace is to pretend it isn't happening. if i feel like shit about going into work then i'll look for another job.