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> The enginner did not say women can't be engineers, merely implied that the gender imbalance in the field may not be entirely the result of society And this i

> The enginner did not say women can't be engineers, merely implied that the gender imbalance in the field may not be entirely the result of society And this is where he should've exercised better judgement. You can hold that view personally, you can discuss it with your friends, maybe you can go and try to run a study on it with some actual sociologists. Don't go around pushing pseudoscience in the work place to justify your views, then expect everyone to applaud you. > Just because the other side is crazy The other side is deeply integrated with their crazier part and now they hold Congress and the presidency. But somehow, we need to focus on how Google firing someone for saying shit he knew was going to be controversial and would generate a reaction is "the leftist religion."

gfody 9y ago
> Don't go around pushing pseudoscience in the work place to justify your views is it really pseudoscience though? it seems reasonable to acknowledge psychological differences between men and women (from your gender identity - not biologically), and he cited sources (I didn't read them, I would hope for his sake that they're credible) there's no precedent for acknowledging and addressing psychological differences in the workplace though (at least for professional office work). I think basic professionalism is based on ignoring our differences for the sake of having a sterile "just the facts" meritocratic environment conducive to business. giving the guy every possible benefit of the doubt, I think he's just guilty of being unprofessional, not misogynist. he's also guilty of being stupid for not realizing this was a minefield in the first place and walking right into it without being extremely careful with his phrasing and more sensitive to mainstream points of view. I can get behind firing him for being unprofessional/stupid, but I feel bad for him for the amount of negative press he's getting.

gfody 9y ago

> Don't go around pushing pseudoscience in the work place to justify your views is it really pseudoscience though? it seems reasonable to acknowledge psychological differences between men and women (from your gender identity - not biologically), and he cited sources (I didn't read them, I would hope for his sake that they're credible) there's no precedent for acknowledging and addressing psychological differences in the workplace though (at least for professional office work). I think basic professionalism is based on ignoring our differences for the sake of having a sterile "just the facts" meritocratic environment conducive to business. giving the guy every possible benefit of the doubt, I think he's just guilty of being unprofessional, not misogynist. he's also guilty of being stupid for not realizing this was a minefield in the first place and walking right into it without being extremely careful with his phrasing and more sensitive to mainstream points of view. I can get behind firing him for being unprofessional/stupid, but I feel bad for him for the amount of negative press he's getting.