Sadly, this doesn't sound far off from some situations I've been in and seen. It's a tragic cycle. HR at Company X - "We don't have any women. We should hire

Sadly, this doesn't sound far off from some situations I've been in and seen. It's a tragic cycle. HR at Company X - "We don't have any women. We should hire some women. I don't really know why, I just read it in this newsletter that it's a good idea." First female employee - "I see why you don't have any women here. I quit." Executive at Company X - "Silly women. I told you we didn't need them after all." I'm honestly not sure if it's that large groups of men tend to act like jerks toward women (which happens pretty often). Or that they become large groups of men when the women leave, if the men were acting like jerks to them. I rarely see a company becoming more diverse after that point, and then it seems to feed back in on itself, as part of the culture. There's a lot you can do that isn't quite to the point of discrimination or harassment that can get people to leave, that's why it's such an insidious problem. And rarely are these places a great place to work for anyone.