Episode Sixty-Six - O No Bro, don't be that guy

Repeat After Me:<br /><br />I am NOT a neanderthal<br />(Even if I look like one)<br /> <br />I do NOT walk around with a permanent hard on<br />(IF you do, then you’re taking too many blue pills)<br /> <br />I do NOT need to treat every interaction with a female in InfoSec/IT/Cyber/Tech as an opportunity to peacock, and prove my manliness by dry humping the server rack.<br /> <br />I will NOT step away from chivalry, HOWEVER, I will not use it as a shield to hide bad behavior OR ulterior motives.<br /> <br />IF I don’t tell Chris that he looks pretty, then there is NO place to do the same to anyone else.<br />(And if you DO tell me I’m pretty you STILL don’t get a hallway pass to do the same to others…)<br /> <br />IF I cannot walk shoulder TO shoulder with my female counterparts, then I do NOT deserve a place in this industry<br />(…and I’m on shaky ground elsewhere in society!)<br /> <br />A meeting is NOT a date<br /> <br />A LACK of wedding ring is NOT an invitation to drool and act the fool<br /> <br />A wedding ring is NOT a challenge<br /> <br />I will NOT mansplain, and IF I’m going to argue, then I AM going to go and look at the awesome flowchart from Kim Goodwin<br /> <br />Done? Need to repeat it? Tattoo it on a body part?<br /> <br />SO:<br /> <br />If ANY of this is jogging a memory then y’all might want to go find that second voice and listen to it BEFORE engaging in a conversation with the opposite sex.<br /> <br />If YOU are offended by this, then go look in a mirror and ask WHY<br /> <br />If YOU laughed at this, then I hope it’s a laugh of clarity, and not of ignorance.<br /> <br />If YOU know anyone that NEEDS to read this, forward TO them, blame me, it’s simpler and I’ve been blamed for worse.<br /> <br />IF you are a narcissist you’ve likely recognized yourself and simply don’t care… for you I have tasers.<br />(Although you’d probably enjoy that too…)<br /> <br />If your regional, religious, back-arsed belief system has put “you” as superior, then please go boil your head, and GTFO of our i