The “M” is for “mathematics,” idiot.

I usually go with ‘ladies’ when addressing a group of female friends.

No, but I think you’ve confused “walking on eggshells and editing your content” with not being a jerk to people.

You're not very bright.

I have a great tip for sorting out the accidental assholes from the true assholes. It was the only HR directed training that I have found consistently helpful in my career. When someone says something to you that can be taken two ways and you aren’t sure what they meant, you say “Ouch!” Someone who meant it the nice…

facepalm*. It’s bad enough being a woman in science/tech, which means that you automatically stand out and are scrutinized way more. If you cause problems, there are way mor e serious ramifications. Besides, half the time the people saying these things are your colleagues and bosses. If you stand up to them, you’ll be…

He doesn’t seem to know that the M is for Math. The chicks have obviously addled his brains with all their thinky-talky female folderol.

He can take it, in fact he ought to take it. It’ll do him good to be the butt of jokes.

Right!? The clearest proof that sexism still exists is every damn comments section on an article about sexism.

“We need to be more polite” “Women are fickle, moody, and easily slighted, can’t take a joke, and are basically ruining everything because they’re tired of being treated poorly in STEM fields.”

Nauseating.

EVERY time I see an article where women are trying to share their experiences and issues that they face, a SWARM of derailing people - mostly men - flood the comments with the same crap. But I’ve said that to men too! But it’s been said to me! But I am going to focus on a pedantic semantic issue rather than the topic!…

Bad: “How did you learn to do all this?!” (How could you possibly understand and use this)

Yup. If a woman prefers being referred to as a girl, fine, but referring to all women as girls is just infantizing.

I’m a male engineer and work with all different trades and engineering disciplines to get projects completed... I’d say that this is not isolated to STEM positions and is actually worse among tradespeople (electrician, millwright, pipe-fitter etc.). Unfortunately education and experience do not teach you manners. I…

“but which are often said to women at a far higher rate then men”

Another good test as to whether something needs to be said: Is it kind, is it relevant, is it necessary? Good advice for speaking to both men and women, but I’ve noticed that statements that fail that test tend to happen all the time when it comes to women in IT. I lose count of the number of dudes at conferences who…

Should be titled “Things Said to Women Working in Tech or Science Which Should Never Be Said to Anyone Ever”

I’m a statistician and I used to get these kinds of comments from coworkers (mostly the older guys, the guys my age were okay), but now I work for myself and don’t need to deal with coworkers anymore. But I have had comments from some of the dads I run into at my kids’ school/sports events. I met my husband in grad…