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As if they hadn't discredited the movement enough already, feminists are now reportedly attempting to collect scalps from notable men in tech. And they're not worried about little things like the sexual assault they report actually happening.
Feminists in tech have been staging attempted "honey traps" to frame prominent male software developers for sexual assault, according to explosive claims on the blog of Eric S. Raymond, a pioneer of the open source movement. In allegations that will rock the world of software development, prominent targets included Linus Torvalds, creator of the Linux kernel.
Raymond quoted excerpts from an online chat with a trusted source, who told him that the Ada Inititiative, a recently-discontinued feminist advocacy group in tech, was trying to "collect scalps" by concocting charges of attempted sexual assault against male software developers.
The source told Raymond that the "MO" of the feminists was to "get alone with the target, and then immediately report "attempted sexual assault." The source said he had stopped mentoring female developers over fears that they might fabricate such charges.
In before someone disbelieves the message because they dislike the messenger.
(Score: 1, Informative) by Anonymous Coward on Thursday November 05 2015, @05:17AM
They use a blanket term like "feminist" to identify the source of the "evil."
Some men are feminists.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Thursday November 05 2015, @09:27PM
They use a blanket term like "patriarchy" to identify the source of the "evil."
Some women are MRAs^H^H^H^H^H internalized-misogynists.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Friday November 06 2015, @05:41AM
This is going to just be hearsay from your standpoint, treat it appropriately. But, I have come across folks in other fields purporting to have witnessed such honey trap situations. In a few a male feminist is involved in order to vouch for the honey-trap, both before when introducing the honey trap to the target, and/or afterwards, when the reporters come to do their job. This appears to be in group preference usually. ...did come across one that seemed like a coordinated set up though.
That said, I am treating this as a "watch yourself" warning. Not proof by any means, but a heads up on when it's a good idea to cover your ass. The fulcrum on this really is whether or not the suspicion required is warranted, not a conviction. Given occasional high profile damsel-in-distress national headlines that frequently turn out to be false, but not before ruining lives, I would say discretion might realistically be advised depending on personal and political circumstances.
But, that's just my personal opinion. In this culture, outrage is exciting, facts are boring, and defensiveness might as well be guilt. Read some Kafka if you don't understand where this is going.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Friday November 06 2015, @06:30PM
So you've heard third-hand rumors from people you've never met and never known. Yeah, my friend says he knows a guy that has a bridge to sell me for real cheap too.