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The author doesn't care about that, she wants to bully others into embracing her political/social believes.

Assuming she has skills and isn't a risk to companies, just walking away and offering her valuable skills to some other workplace that shares her believes and makes her happy, would not only reward workplaces that do what she wants, it would be better for herself and her cause.

She isn't a rational activist she's a bully. She doesn't want to take responsibility for herself.

This kind of reminds me of "victim blaming" issue of people advising woman to not walk unarmed and alone at night trough dark, dodgy paths: feminists tend to see this as an idealistic statement ("you, woman, are the bad one for not behaving correctly"). instead of an pragmatic one ("you, woman, should not do X because it is dangerous for you").

Understanding this as the 2nd interpretation and taking the advice would require taking personal responsibility. They don't do that, they think in terms of how the world should be (men should not rape women, therefor I should be able to walk this path without fearing for my safety, if I walk this path it's not my fault if something happens to me) instead of how the world is (men do rape women, therefor I am not able to walk this path safely, it is my responsibility to decide whether or not this is worth the risk to me).

Ps. don't conflate that is people who say this is how to world should be and women should be raped if walk trough the wrong street at the wrong time. That's a different thing.



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