• macrocephalic@lemmy.world
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    Basically they’re scared and intimidated. Here is a person who is beautiful and intelligent and has made something of herself and that highlights their own inabilities.

    I think sexism is only part of the problem, they’d have a similar response to a male model who had a successful tech career.

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      I’m not sure tbh. This reeks of a regular techbro sexism, not a regular insecurity. Intelligent male model will be a point of envy, not hate

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      That’s certainly a part of the problem here, but let’s be honest: how often do tabloids or other low effort media publish such “inspirational” stories that turn out to be absolute bullshit. Like the 10 year old who invented some quantum stuff, but actually his father just let him play around with some tools in the lab.

      This story here unfortunately fits exactly this pattern, but apparently just happens to be true.

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        Even when they’re not factually bullshit, the rhetorical framing is often ick. I’m disabled, and something that I, and a lot of other disabled people hate is “inspiration porn”. It’s patronising as hell, and most frustratingly, if you try to call it out, people get extra offended because they refuse to see how otherising and infantilising people isn’t the same as advocating for them.

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      I’m involved in technology and race mountain bikes on the side. Other than the occasional “it must be nice to be fit” comments from the neckbeard techbros, they’re not as openly hostile to me as they are to women who are in tech. There is definitely a strong sexism part of the equation.

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        I’m sorry to tell yuu this bro, but nobody gives a shit about mountain bike racers. I don’t think a bunch of poorly socialized boys who were proficient with computers were ridiculed by mountain bike racers when they were young. Good looking people on the other hand…

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      It’s not necessarily being “scared and intimidated”.

      We’re just conditioned that when someone at the top of their field talks about their hobbies / interests / skills outside that field, it’s very often a very shallow level of skill. Why? Because being at the top of your field in almost anything takes a lot of focus. You don’t really have time to develop other skills / hobbies.

      There are countless examples. Actors or athletes who release music albums that are just awful. Celebrities who write really amateurish novels which would sink into obscurity if they didn’t have a famous person’s name attached.

      Making the problem worse, often the entourage of those rich and famous people is filled with sycophants who heap praise on the celebs. That leads them to believe that they really are good at their hobbies.

      Then there’s the fact that the world is so hungry for celebrity gossip and special interest stories that “journalists” often get a tiny nugget of information and use it for the basis of an entire article. So, if a celebrity mumbles something about liking their backyard barbecue, it will spawn countless articles about how that celeb is an expert at the art of BBQ, they might release their own branded BBQ sauce, their skills were endorsed by some celebrity chef, etc.

      So, given all that, it’s perfectly reasonable to be skeptical when you hear something like “This [insert celebrity type here] can [insert hobby here] like an expert!”

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        You know damn good and well that if this was a hot dude that could do these things, the comments towards them wouldn’t be nearly as hostile.

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          This is a complete strawman, and pretty much completely wrong. If you look at the heroes of the IT community, Linus Torvalds, Steve Wozniak, Gabe Newell, or the lesser known Terry A. Davis. These are not conventionally attractive people living a glamourous lifestyle.

          This does not mean this post is not sexist, but the strawman of “if this was a male they would idolise him” is just complete horseshit, and in no way better than assuming a “pretty little woman” couldn’t do programming.

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            You’re moving the goal posts. I said if this was a hot dude the comments wouldn’t be nearly as hostile. Both of us know this, but you’re busy insisting these incels are only making these comments because the media or some bullshit. You know they’re doing it because they’re jealous and you’re no better for trying to justify their bullshit.

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        “This [insert celebrity type here] can [insert hobby here] like an expert!”

        The original post doesn’t say “like an expert”, but you continued to create a strawman argument focused mostly on this aspect.

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        Not everything needs to be fact checked.

        Whether this is real or fake, it doesn’t matter. I’m never gonna encounter her in any way, there is no relevance in it. If I read stuff like that, I think “good for her” and move on.

        What’s the point of being super sceptic of something that has no impact on you?

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      What’s the point of your comment? “There’s sexism, sure, but it’s only 90% sexism!” Why downplay what’s going on? How often do you SEE THIS happen with men shitting on men? Come the fuck on.