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it's coming from a lifetime of not having her experiences taken seriously and situations like this backfiring. Or, because corporate culture almost everywhere
by Karunamon 11y ago
it's coming from a lifetime of not having her experiences taken seriously and situations like this backfiring.
Or, because corporate culture almost everywhere can be summed up with the phrase "don't rock the boat", gender notwithstanding.
There's no need to prejudge every woman as a victim - certainly one you know nothing about other than a one paragraph story on HN.
This is what's called benevolent sexism.
- mpweiher 11y agoThis. (Or you can just call it sexism) At one of my previous employers, we had a woman quite high up in the hierarchy (boss's boss, or maybe one more level) who regularly called on young male interns to "fix" her computer, which invariably involved them crawling underneath her desk...or asking pretty much all the inappropriate job interview questions etc. etc.
- nickpsecurity 11y agoWow. Interesting example. I wouldn't fix it while she was sitting at the desk lol...