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Is the trend towards better? I used to think so but the stories I heard in my time in Google was really, really depressing. The problem is that getting worse ca
by kmonsen 6y ago
Is the trend towards better? I used to think so but the stories I heard in my time in Google was really, really depressing. The problem is that getting worse can be a self-reinforcing thing. Once a few women get badly treated and leaves the gender imbalance gets worse and the bad behavior gets normalized.
- Retric 6y agoReal change is slow, one of the biggest differences is you used to simply not hear about similar things. Back during the Bush jr administration my mother’s PHD advisor was getting threading/demeaning phone calls late at night from senior members of the administration over some research she had published. What struck me is the story was shared because the researcher thought it was funny rather than actually intimidating. For context some aspect of no child left behind was being pushed because it would line specific people’s pockets and rather than simply be discreet about they where pushing a narrative. Presumably they approached things like this because they thought it would work without blowing up in their faces. Now days I think the risk vs reward on such things has changed slightly. In another 20 years things will be likely be mostly the same but probably with minor improvements.
- rapsey 6y agoThere is always at least one guy in any group more then a handful of people. It is terrible what kind of bullshit women have to go through in this industry.
- aptwebapps 6y agoThe first time I read this comment I failed to parse what you meant by 'one guy' and thought you were being sarcastic.
- cutemonster 6y agoI also wonder what does it mean: "at least one guy"? -- it means one person who says ridiculing things towards women (in this context)? (I'm not a native speaker)