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The difference is that men don't face barriers to entering and progressing within woman dominated industries or positions. Their skills, motivations, competence
by smadge 11y ago
The difference is that men don't face barriers to entering and progressing within woman dominated industries or positions. Their skills, motivations, competence, etc are called into question because of their gender. They don't face sexism or harassment in the workplace. They aren't passed up for promotion or pay raise that go to their less qualified colleagues of the opposite gender. When your peers start telling you there's a problem in the industry, don't try to derail the conversation by bringing up other industries or saying that women just are choosing to join other industries.
- such_a_casual 11y agoThis is just blatantly false.
- js8 11y agoThis is incorrect. I recently read an article (unfortunately, it's in Czech) about a father who decided to take parental leave, and what sexism he faced from the other mothers. It wasn't so blatant but he felt more like a stranger.
- sturgill 11y agoI'll take the bait: tell that to my father who is a nurse. He has fought blatant sexism and discrimination his entire career. And I wont speak to the taunting I endured for having a father who did "woman work." "Meet the Parents" was light on the view of men who work as nurses... Sexism and discrimination are hurtful regardless of the industry or the dominant gender of that industry. Unfortunately as humans we are better at finding ways to highlight differences than working together collectively. And, unfortunately, we in the software industry are no better at overcoming our latent human biases than any other industry.