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# Uncreative thinking for such a creative industry
- URL: https://werd.io/uncreative-thinking-for-such-a-creative-industry/
- Published: 2011-07-28T14:21:53.000Z
- Updated: 2025-06-12T11:00:46.000Z
- Author: Ben Werdmuller
- Tags: General, #ben-684a32da145d7d001be71dae, misogyny, sexism, software, women in tech, #Migrated-1749693130536, #wp, #wp-post, #Import 2025-06-11 21:52

I wrote a post - okay, a rant - over on Google+ about [sexism in the software industry](https://plus.google.com/106119964731604142156/posts/DkFAzuwmcTW):

> Tim O'Reilly had to post a code of conduct for his conferences, which made immediate waves. (Quite a few of the women I know who aren't in the tech sphere shared it with me.) I've heard accounts of women having to deal with all kinds of come-ons, and being physically assaulted as if it was nothing, at tech events. Even in the comments to his post here on G+, people were suggesting that their Asperger's Syndrome meant that they didn't understand how to deal with social situations, and should be excused from this kind of thing. Bullshit: none of the aspies I know are misogynist pricks. That's because, while they are awkward in some social situations, they have at least half a brain.

[The whole thing's over here.](https://plus.google.com/106119964731604142156/posts/DkFAzuwmcTW) And of course, you can [add me on Google+ here](https://plus.google.com/106119964731604142156/posts).