Tech work is pretty brass tacks, some theory and implementation preferences aside. It is an environment where the work itself speaks for you, not your clever bon mots in a meeting. If your work is tight and robust you need not worry that Jerry was the star of the pointless meeting yesterday. What men and women can do is what they do for all other quality techs: acknowledge and support good work. The warm and fuzzy 'listen to my feelings' stuff costs nothing and is worth less that price when you factor in time wasted.

An aside, every female tech worker I have had the pleasure to work with has been at least as good if not better than the best guy in the shop. It really is raw talent that is valued in the tech industry. Not speeches or getting a leg up in the shouting contest or emotional empathy with your co-workers.

Affording women the same respect men are afforded isn't emotional empathy, it's basic decency. Anyway, what did you like about the event?

@2) You cobble together some abstract platitude about decency and empathy, apparently an incoherent effort to cherry at some pick words you saw on the screen. At best a difference without distinction. You then try to attribute your platitude to me. Methinks you skipped too many high school classes.

Kudos on the big-dick daddy routine. Is this how you act at work? You must be a real gem of a coworker.

Fascinating take and coming from a workplace that is female dominated I can say that “men improving the workplace” and “holding other men accountable” is a given when the women are on maternity leave, running home midday because little Johnny has the sniffles, can’t come to work because little Johnny’s sniffles turned into the flu or can’t be at work because of an old back injury that conveniently acts up when a project is due. I think we should address how women talk about men, their crotch glaring antics and political and sometimes dramatic back-bitting with other women that creates a hostile and utterly unworkable environment for everyone remotely in their vicinity which is commonly ignored lest we get pulled into the drama. The workplace should be fun, safe and productive for everyone but to say it’s all the males responsibility is both a disservice to men and to women and in which the money-making “diversity” industry seems to choose to ignore and men are afraid to speak up about and put on the table.

Way to change the subject and focus only on your particular workplace. I've worked in mostly female workplaces where it was nothing like that - maybe it's the place you've chosen to work. But either way, it's not what we are talking about.

("hey, over here - look at me! I'm a guy and I'm talking about what bothers ME about the workplace" attention grab. Sheesh.)