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> The article quotes JAH's email as saying, "Two women, one of whom I work with and adore, > and a friend of hers were hula hooping to some music. I didn’t hav
by ta140604 11y ago
> The article quotes JAH's email as saying, "Two women, one of whom I work with and adore,
> and a friend of hers were hula hooping to some music. I didn’t have a problem with this.
> What I did have a problem with is the line of men sitting on one bench facing the
> hoopers and gawking at them. It looked like something out of a strip club. When I
> brought this up to male coworkers, they didn’t see a problem with it. But for me it felt
> unsafe and to be honest, really embarrassing. That was the moment I decided to finally
> leave GitHub."
From the HN discussion when this happened: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=7408492 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=7408492
Article in question: http://techcrunch.com/2014/03/15/julie-ann-horvath-describes-sexism-and-intimidation-behind-her-github-exit/ http://techcrunch.com/2014/03/15/julie-ann-horvath-describes...