Women who complain about harassment from a text or somebody talking to them at work are probably better off manning a kitchen at home. /ducking

The most shocking part of this for me was all of the women calling for, basically, paternalism.

The snowflakes have an innate fondness for the Patriarchy, eh?

We really need to institute Shar'ia law, cover the snowflakes in black cloth head to foot, relieve them of the vote and ability to drive a car, and to never leave the house without a male relative to preserve their value, err, virtue.

That is basic human nature Amy. Look at all the people who want an all encompassing government to take care of them and completely control their lives. Being able to push all those worries and fears off onto 'the government' is very comforting to most people.

No, Ben, they have a romanticized notion of having an Uncle Sugar take care of them. They don't see it as control, but rather freedom.

The assume that Uncle Sugar will foot the bill, suffer no consequences and free to be themselves. They don't think of the reality of he who pays the piper calls the tune.

Once they're all up in your health care, paying your bills, they can - and will - turn around and tell you how to live your life. Anything deemed bad for your health will be forbidden. Anything good for your health will not be optional.

Booze? forbidden.
Adrenaline sports? also forbidden.

Different worlds. Hollywood, D.C., Wall Street, Silicon Valley - places with too much concentration of power, too many arrogant a**holes. Then there's the rest of the planet.

I'll happily slap a guy on the back, when something goes right. I won't touch a woman. I'll meet with a guy alone in a conference room, but with a woman, we'll meet in the cafeteria.

I'm sure sexual harassment exists, though I've never seen it in the IT industry, not once in more than 30 years. However, in the past ten years, I've seen men start avoiding women. We worry that any action might be misinterpreted.

What opportunities are women denied as a result?
Nothing deliberate, but if you can't quite trust someone, if you're not sure whether or not they are a lawsuit waiting to happen, well...

If anything is killing women's careers, this is it.

All men are guilty until proven innocent.

All women are angels.

Seriously, did you not get the memo?

All men are guilty until proven innocent.

All men are guilty. No evidence of innocence will be considered.

FTFY

I don't dispute your characterization IRA. I have some Russian immigrants in my neighborhood. They hate Stalin. He was the source of all evil or horrible things. But they love Putin. Think he is great. They can't accept the obvious parallels between the two men. They've openly expressed just how terrifying American capitalism is to them. The idea that the government won't step in and protect you from any bad outcome gives them the screaming willies. I mention them because they are quite articulate in their desire to live in an all encompassing police state that controls their every moment. My point being this isn't a woman thing but a human thing. People don't yearn for freedom. They yearn for protection from the unpredictable bad stuff. And they are quite willing to trade their freedom away in order to transition from unpredictable bad stuff to guaranteed bad stuff.

"They can't accept the obvious parallels between the two men."

How is this obvious to an outsider, observing reports made by fellow outsiders?

How does Putin NOT get credit for a resurgence in the Russian economy - even visible in car crash video?

There have always been some women who find sex icky and freak out if they are looked at. Sometimes they are even married but do it with the lights out and never run around naked. Now, such women get to make the rules about what behavior is to be allowed.
Worse than this though is when women make accusations purely as a political ploy or as revenge. The reactions of management to just fire the guy play right into their hands and totally undermine company functioning.

I don't think that 'fragile' is the right word. But I do think that a lot of women seek pity and revel in fantasies of victimization.

It's a way for them to feel special and get what they want, especially from men. The Weinstein incident is just a forum for that behavior.

Honestly this is why I think men tend to run things. It's not because they're smarter or more competent. It's because they can work together and focus on an objective. They don't stir up a huge drama when things do go as they'd like.

I've seen so many examples of women undermining each other and deliberately sabotaging things our of spite.

Stalin did that too Rad. Did you ever look at preUSSR Russia? Stalin very much advanced their military and economy. But at a steep humanitarian price. The same can be said of Putin.

Okay - where is Putin's "steep humanitarian price"?

Russians died by the millions under Stalin, even outside WW2.

Russia is now far more prosperous by any measure than during Stalin's tenure.