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3 Reasons Why It Pays to Not Let Sexist Comments Slide

Your colleague Jim calls you "honey" or makes cracks about women drivers. Comments like these are not necessarily meant to cause insult, but they are harmful nonetheless, because they perpetuate stereotypic views of women. If you found yourself in a situation like this, what would you do?READ»

Racism in Social Networks

Are social networks inherently racist? This is an uncomfortable question, yet it's important to ask.READ»

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Why Sexist/Offensive Comments Online Should Not Be Tolerated

Fast Company's Women in Web 2.0 article caused a minor uproar in the Digg community when I called out several commenters who posted comments that I, and many of the women I interviewed for the piece, found overtly sexist and/or ...READ»

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Sexist, Sexist and More Sexist: Digg Responds to Fast Company's Women in Web 2.0

"Insert female porn star name here," "You can probably fit a bus in her vag," "There are no women on the Internet." The responses elicited by Fast Company's Women in Web 2.0 article on Digg prove that sexism in Silicon Valley is alive and kicking.READ»