A Twitter User Receives Some Very Valid Backlash For His Twitter Thread On Why Women Shouldn’t Code
As much as we believe that we have progressed as a society, I feel like a lot of regressive mentalities have still followed us. For example, women in our society are looked down upon after all these years. That too, to an extent we have jobs which are considered to be gender-specific. Especially any job related to technology, computers, construction etc, is considered to be a “man’s job.” And if you think that people these days are at least more discreet about their sexism, you’d be wrong! In most cases, I believe men kinda gatekeep these professions and alienate women by underestimating them or judging them based on their gender. One such person who is a “techie” with the Twitter handle, TechLead decided to go on a rant about why women aren’t suitable for the coding has rightfully gotten a lot of backlash. Take a look at his absurd statements.
Did he just say women after childbirth are “outdated’?
https://twitter.com/techleadhd/status/1528107665066299393?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw%7Ctwcamp%5Etweetembed%7Ctwterm%5E1528107665066299393%7Ctwgr%5E%7Ctwcon%5Es1_c10&ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.scoopwhoop.com%2Fhumor%2Fman-sexist-tweet-about-women-in-coding%2F
Ummm… pregnant women don’t go to battle because it is genuinely unsafe for everyone involved. This example has nothing to do with choice and is so obsolete.
https://twitter.com/techleadhd/status/1528108902180458496?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw%7Ctwcamp%5Etweetembed%7Ctwterm%5E1528108902180458496%7Ctwgr%5E%7Ctwcon%5Es1_c10&ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.scoopwhoop.com%2Fhumor%2Fman-sexist-tweet-about-women-in-coding%2F
Who cares what you asked for? You can’t say that you will “support” women’s choices and then talk about how you don’t like that women have chosen to go into coding
https://twitter.com/techleadhd/status/1528122934375591936?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw%7Ctwcamp%5Etweetembed%7Ctwterm%5E1528122934375591936%7Ctwgr%5E%7Ctwcon%5Es1_c10&ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.scoopwhoop.com%2Fhumor%2Fman-sexist-tweet-about-women-in-coding%2F
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In two tweets he has successfully negated himself and proven that he will not support women’s choices,
https://twitter.com/techleadhd/status/1528136713788215296?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw%7Ctwcamp%5Etweetembed%7Ctwterm%5E1528136713788215296%7Ctwgr%5E%7Ctwcon%5Es1_c10&ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.scoopwhoop.com%2Fhumor%2Fman-sexist-tweet-about-women-in-coding%2F
This guy went out and made a whole video on this, the audacity and the dedication…
https://twitter.com/techleadhd/status/1528162691306491905?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw%7Ctwcamp%5Etweetembed%7Ctwterm%5E1528162691306491905%7Ctwgr%5E%7Ctwcon%5Es1_c10&ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.scoopwhoop.com%2Fhumor%2Fman-sexist-tweet-about-women-in-coding%2F
Rightfully, Tweeple went off at him and this was the result,
Imagine men taking care of their own kids. Yeah I married a man who cooks and cleans, we actually work as a unit, and not two seperate people raising a child. I worked 70 hour weeks when I needed to, to make money for my family, because my husband couldn’t earn as much. Family.
— Skeptical Drop Bear she/her (@skepticdropbear) May 22, 2022
Trueee
"Men don't choose between family or career"
I would be exceptionally surprised if any self respecting individual wanted to start a family with you after hearing this take.
— M.Bryson (@mbryson_) May 22, 2022
Absolutely, men not being present for the household and children is accepted,
Contrary to popular belief, women do not spend their entire lives pregnant.
Also, men absolutely choose between family and career. There's a good reason the "absent father" is a common experience. Because men are encouraged to choose their careers.
— Burt Rock (@BurtRock69) May 22, 2022
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“No one wants a pregnant woman in a battlefield”- I agree no one but coding is not a battlefield. It’s a simple 9-5 job where we work, enjoy and network,
— Nida Khan 🦸🏼♀️ (@nidaslife23) May 22, 2022
LOL
"Even Elon Musk…" isn't the homerun you think it is
— Jadzia (the Polish one, not the Trill one) (@JadziaBenntley) May 22, 2022
Exactly my words
> "This isn't Discrimination"
> Proceeds to Discrimate— Corey (@RougeSparkk) May 22, 2022
the first ever programmer was literally a woman https://t.co/4RxYbRBfTw
— cunty jane austen (@anyasbarbie) May 23, 2022
Women were traditionally the ones who did coding until the late 20th century.
The lead programmer for Apollo was a woman.
How about letting people do what they want and supporting parents who want to work. https://t.co/Ve0JBjugL9
— Alex Tiffin (@RespectIsVital) May 22, 2022
I sometimes cannot believe people are this uneducated and regressive even in today’s day and age. The fact that one man believes this enough make a YouTube video about it is so problematic and concerning. The backlash he was was completely valid.