On kernel mailing list behavior [LWN.net]

On kernel mailing list behavior

Posted Jul 21, 2013 18:55 UTC (Sun) by hirnbrot (guest, #89469)
In reply to: On kernel mailing list behavior by emunson
Parent article: On kernel mailing list behavior

>We would have been better off without the addition of the patronizing sexism

Where was the actual _sexism_ in that? They just mentioned her gender - replace "silly woman" with "silly person" and the message is the same.

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On kernel mailing list behavior

Posted Jul 21, 2013 18:59 UTC (Sun) by rahulsundaram (subscriber, #21946) [Link] (1 responses)

If that was the case, why bother introducing the gender? When was the last time you heard "silly man" in similar arguments?

On kernel mailing list behavior

Posted Jul 21, 2013 19:42 UTC (Sun) by hirnbrot (guest, #89469) [Link]

I agree that when it's not important you should leave it out - however, languages being what they are, it sometimes flows better _with_ gender than without (e.g. singular "they" being somewhat uncommon).

However, I was just talking about that one particular comment, and having read the other comments by that particular person in this thread, it's very clearly a case of sex- and/or troll-ism.