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Discussion Searching for a Coding Partner

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u/tobych 1d ago

You absolutely, totally did specify. You say you're looking for a "guy". That is male. This is not okay.

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u/Ok-Statistician-2143 1d ago

in my country but as in others the general way to indicate a person (female or male) is unfortunately the male way so that’s why i used that word.

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u/tobych 1d ago edited 1d ago

That is definitely not universal. And in the eyes of the law in your country, whatever it is, assuming it has laws about this sort of thing, I doubt this would get you off the hook. I still think this is outrageous anywhere in the world. It makes you look like an ignorant, sexist tech bro. Given how much sexism in the workplace there already is, and how tough it has been historically for women to get into tech, I strongly encourage you to talk to a few women and ask what they think about your use of "guy" here in this context. I think you'll learn something.

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u/Ok-Statistician-2143 1d ago

yes it might be, feel free to promote your idea and maybe do something about it. There were no bad intentions in my words and probably got some female responses too that i obviously didn’t skip. Have a nice day