I love how half the dude posters can't even figure out why this is bad. NO it's not the same as going a strip club or porn site. FFS.

No, it's sexist even if there's some hunky stripping dude (which there is not, nor will anyone ever make one). Reversing the genders doesn't negate the fact that it's objectifying and alienating to people who want to be a part of the coding community without feeling harassed.

I'm sorry, but pick one. Either games are simply products that use sex to sell and they hurt nobody, or they're art to be experienced and illicit powerful emotions and blah blah.

I have a feeling you hate all of feminism and wish it would die, so I'm not going to have a conversation with you, but for the sake of those reading your asinine post...

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I honestly think the need for men to look a certain way in movies comes from the same source but sprouts in a different direction. As I mentioned on a comment above, since everything is extreme on the internet, feminism is oftentimes viewed as a women's rights-only platform, when really it's an equal-rights one. I…

This whole "white knighting" business has always confused me. Is it criticizing a person for speaking out against something said person thinks is wrong, but since they aren't the same gender/race/sexuality/etc., it's seen as not being their issue, thus they're "crusading" to liberate something they don't fully…

They are hurting someone. It doesn't hurt anyone physically, no. But it is a giant flashing neon sign that says "THIS GAME IS FOR MEN." Which in turn means, "not for women." And women are really, really hurt by that. Before you pull out some BS about how women deserve to be treated as second-class gamers, please take…

I'm confused about what type of person you think #2 is. Do you think social activists hate the idea that women find men attractive? Because it's actually the opposite. Usually it's boorish men who find it disgusting that women find men attractive, because they don't want men treated the same way that women are in the…

Specifically because it's women being objectified. The article explains that this further stereotypes STEM fields as being for men, which is bad.

I would be just as dumbfounded if they did a similar program with a male "motivator". I think a common misconception with feminism is that women only become angry with something when it imposes on women's rights, when in reality most feminists want equality for everyone (meaning that men should be able to engage in…

I work on a team of 10 dudes headed by a woman, and yes it is in the tech industry. Somehow we manage to not be total misogynists; shit is possible, men need to step the fuck up and take some responsibility.

I can't wait for the Penis Patrol to start defending this douchebaggery.

Given that you're disregarding anything unless you've personally experienced it, as one man to another (because clearly you'd never take the word of a woman) I'd say no, you are most certainly not "an ally."

So you would rather go with your own experience than listen to people who have ACTUALLY experienced the things we discuss?

i don't think the objectification of men is really that big an issue in our society. the objectification of women is.

Yeah, because money has no inherent power imbalance, right? Nobody forces you to work, you CHOOSE to work!

Ugh... My wife is a QA Tester the team is on is all guys, the stuff I hear about what the guys talk is about... she really doesn't enjoy hearing that stuff 5 days a week for 8 hours. She'd love to complain to management, but everyone would know who complained. I worked for a game developer and nobody I know talked…

Their first attempt with actual computer science experts did not go over as well.