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On 17 October 2013 22:14, Joshua Landau <joshua@landau.ws> wrote:
> It's not our job to do anything. We can't "clean" the internet, so
> there's no point trying. Personally I think the common digressions
> into attacks on intellect and professionalism are much more socially
> regressed than the minute levels of sexism we have.

This, by the way, was meant to refer to this list (being the social
group of relevance) and not the tech community at large where sexism
definitely is a large concern.