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If you have the time, this long personal story by Lynn Conway about her life might show another relevant perspective.

https://ai.eecs.umich.edu/people/conway/RetrospectiveT.html



This is also worth reading:

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3170124

In summary, Conway and others conducted a years-long campaign of harassment against psychology professor J. Michael Bailey. This included several attempts to get him fired from his job, a series of vexatious complaints to his licensing board, and - most infamously of all - posting photos online of his children suggesting that he had raped them and asking if his young daughter was "a cock-starved exhibitionist".

It was highly vindictive, highly unhinged behavior. They disagreed with his published work and rather than attempt to refute it, attacked him personally and extensively.




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