I actually know what happened first hand. About 10 years ago during the recession it was reported that women had higher employment than men(even though they were very low paying jobs.) For several years after that, whenever the employment number was brought up males in charge of hiring kept being quoted in articles…

Well, I’ve been in the field a little longer and can’t say your experience matches mine. Maybe I have a different POV since my wife also works in IT. We went to the same polytech and I know she’s better than I am at some things and vice versa. We’ve both worked overtime, holidays, nights, crap work, etc. Her career…

“You take notes because you write prettier”

“The tech industry isn’t sexist, trust me I’m a man”. - a man

Oh man, I’ve had that happen so often. My suggestions are overlooked until confirmed by a man even though he has less exposure to the project.

Anecdote != data.

I’m with you on that. I see woman developers overlooked, and one time when I was working on a project with one, the guy wouldn’t even talk to her. When she spoked, he confirmed everything through me. It was a total bs situation.

The tech industry IS sexist. As a woman in the tech industry you see it all the time. It just so happens that most guys don’t notice or care.

I call BS on that. STEM, with tech in particular, is treated as a boys club and women are almost always either looked down upon in terms of skills and capabilities or only viewed at as eye candy. That is something I can personally attest to. I’ve seen resumes come in from women and the only time they even get a chance…

Im just going to leave this here.

THISSSSS. I know people who waited til marriage and said it was such a let-down. Also, to go from the mindset of “sex is a horrible, sinful thing” to “sex is a beautiful expression of our love” in the span of one quick ceremony is insane. It’s really, really hard to overcome years of mental training around the shame…

I’ve read a lot of stories about women who waited to have sex until marriage and had a lot of difficulty getting rid of the “sex bad” mindset after they married. The mindset that sex is this bad evil thing that you’re not supposed to have will fuck you up royally.

I grew up in a pretty conservative religious/Catholic area and thanks to these wackadoos when I was a teenager I had to have a REALLY awkward conversation with my nurse mom about butt sex because she was seeing tons of teenage girls come in with anal tears and hemorrhoids in the name of maintaining their “pristine…

“I have assisted women in labor who have “intact”, stretchy hymens, and even seen babies born over that hymen twice.”

OMG—the Virgin Mary suddenly seems like a possibility...

There is not a single promise I’ve made to my father that I’ve ever kept and nothing gives me more pride.

I don't care if someone saves themself for marriage or not. But I think it's weird and gross that she shared a certificate about her hymen with her father. My dad couldn't care less about my sex life, but if he did I would hope that he would trust me enough to take my word for it.

*cough*....butt stuff and oral...*cough*

I just remember my first time having sex....and can’t help but think that their wedding night will probably be quite lame. Hope it was worth it!

Obligatory women’s health nurse post.

*sounds conch horn*