Woman who gets man fired for penis joke, gets fired herself

[DanTex]

175. The issue is not just sexism at the tech conference. It is also public shaming of

a private citizen by a person with a media following.

What the woman should have done was written a blog post about the incident, explaining how seemingly harmless jokes actually contribute to a sexist environment that can make tech workplaces uncomfortable for women. She also should have privately asked for an apology, which based on the man's comments, she likely would have received. She could have invited him to write a guest blog post about the need for men like him to be more aware of the consequences of their words. It could have been a teachable moment.

Instead, she tweeted a picture of the two men, and called them "ass clowns" on her blog. This set of a chain of events that pushed everyone back into their own corners. Some men will see the man as a victim of political correctness gone too far. Some women will see the woman as a victim who got fired for trying to speak up about the sexism in the tech industry.

And, actually, she is a victim, who is now receiving death threats. Because a bunch of idiots decided to take revenge on her and attack her company's website.