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I think the differences between gender are fascinating. Upper class women are not selected for interviews because there is a perception that they won't be as c
by brohoolio 10y ago
I think the differences between gender are fascinating.
Upper class women are not selected for interviews because there is a perception that they won't be as committed, implying they might get married and stay home with the kids.
- psyc 10y agoIf, as the saying goes, women marry upwards, then the bias could also be explained by how attainable they're perceived to be. edit: Lol. My goodness, HN does not like that idea much.
- emodendroket 10y agoI'm sorry?
- pavel_lishin 10y agoWhat?
- elchief 10y agoDon't bang pots in an echo chamber
- sk5t 10y agoI think it's an idea worthy of some discussion. Perhaps companies destined to mint a raft of 10x-millionaires would show different hiring trends--although I recognize the extreme difficulty of gathering adequate clean data.
- emodendroket 10y agoIf the idea is that men are trying to hire women they can marry then you should probably take into account the fact that cross-class marriages have become very uncommon.
- Digory 10y agoIt's not just kids, is it? That's too middle brow at these firms. It's perfectly acceptable for a woman to graduate from the firm to be a full-time "socialite" or join the charity circuit. "Playboy" is about as close as it gets for a man, and not nearly as acceptable. It's a different kind of sexism, but a higher-class one.
- walshemj 10y agoYou could say that of a male who can afford to play polo - that signals a lot a family wealth - therefor they don't need your white shoe job as much.