u/FaithlessnessRare296

I've seen a study on feminism, I think it was from 2025, and in most countries there would be 40-70% of women saying that not enough was done to ensure equal rights.

The highest percentage would be in the developed countries, which seems strange to me.

Sadly I don't remember the name of the study, but that got me thinking - are there actually rights that women are still lacking in your countries, like Canada and the US for example? Note I'm talking here specifically about the legislation.

I'm from Eastern Europe, it is considered to be a conservative and patriarcal country, and there are still some restrictions on the types of jobs women can take:

- mining

- working with toxic chemicals

- heavy industrial labor

- dangerous jobs like firefighters

Meanwhile, women also have benefits:

- no conscription and no related movement restriction

- capped prison sentences with better conditions

- pension 5 years earlier

- in my home region, work hours are reduced because of the harsh natural conditions in the region, while keeping the full salary

Also obviously there are benefits for pregnant women and women with small children, but I don't want to include these since they are female-specific.

There was a post by a programmer who happened to be female; and I commented on it critically. I didn't mention gender at all, I only gave mild pushback on the technical part, sort of "this is why that's not a good idea".

She responded to it very harshly but that's fine, it's the internet, I didn't think much of it at, some people just react like this to criticism.

But then a white knight arrived and put me on blast, accusing me of misogynie an mansplaining, and then she joined in, thanked him for validating her opinion, and that she agreed that was sexism but wasn't sure initially, and then they exchanged a few messages about how terrible it is to be a woman programmer. My explanations got ignored.

Granted I might be wrong for being critical on LinkedIn, a platform that is famously made for circlejerk, but there wasn't even a hint of sexism in any of my comments, I just have a bad habit of arguing on the internet. I make comments like these on the male programmer posts and it's never a big deal.

And the worst is that they proceeded to engage in a self-reinforcing loop about me and other men being sexist.

I looked into other comments of this guy, and it was obvious he had an angle and tried to find a way in to her.

My only thought it is - what the actual fuck. I get admonished for engaging in an honest conversation, while that guy gets complimented for the most blatant sycophancy.