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graemeptoday at 12:55 PM1 replyview on HN

I agree with the underlying point and the social bias it reflects (which i have experienced myself) but the title here is (as usual) just the article so The Guardian is to blame rather than HN.

I think the solution is not to disallow the titles, but to comment on them and draw attention to the sexism in the article.


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bmachotoday at 12:58 PM

The solution is absolutely disallow offending titles. The same principle that would make HN moderators take down a "Kill all the Jews" title from the front page should apply for this one too.

Submission titles should be the original article titles, as long as those aren't problematic.

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