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Here is my problem and I think a lot of people's problem. The only sexism I've seen in tech is benevolent sexism. People interrupting you in meetings? Same thi
by arkh 9y ago
Here is my problem and I think a lot of people's problem.
The only sexism I've seen in tech is benevolent sexism. People interrupting you in meetings? Same thing for men. People who shit on your work? Same thing for most men. Bad jokes? I mean, put an audio recorder in a room full of men and see how it can be.
Most techies I know have been raised to be respectful of women. I'd say even too much.
So when suddenly tech becomes fashionable because there's lot of money there and most outsider media start bashing the field for being full of misogynists I'm starting to get a feeling of cognitive dissonance. A feeling of 1984 becoming reality.
How do men react then? They start getting distant and avoid interacting with women. And now you get articles about the lack of mentoring of women and how men don't interact the same way with women than they do with other men.
It's like the only way would be for men to live, think and interact exactly like women. And soon we'll have the same thing in the workplace as in school: men are defective women.
Maybe women should start their own tech companies and recruit other women if men lead ones are not good enough for them.