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> Have you ever had someone grab your ass or try to kiss you without consent?

Yes

Someone has grabbed my cock without my consent as well.

> Ever been denied a new job or a promotion because the decision-maker thought you might have a child within the next few years?

Yes



> Someone has grabbed my cock without my consent as well.

In a professional context? Yeesh. Sorry to hear that (whatever the context). Sexual harassment/assault of anyone anywhere should be unacceptable.

I’m not asking whether this has ever happened to any man ever though. I’m asking if the specific guy claiming that nobody of any description feels welcome in the tech industry (and that women who claim that there is specific gender discrimination are just imagining things) has had any of those kinds of experiences.

As a man, I have had conversations about this topic with various male and female friends in the tech industry over the years, and anecdotally few if any of the men ever experience gender discrimination or sexual harassment in professional contexts while essentially all of the women do at least occasionally (some regularly).


Yes, men are also the victims of sexual harassment, assault and rape. It's surprising that acknowledging this is frequently presented as evidence that women don't have it that bad in this respect.


Imagine how awful that felt and how shitty it was. If it wasn't that bad, imagine having to deal with it frequently.




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