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She’s not saying she doesn’t have responsibility here, she’s saying women in general are less likely to do what you advise - it’s a systematic bias difference i
by xivzgrev 6y ago
She’s not saying she doesn’t have responsibility here, she’s saying women in general are less likely to do what you advise - it’s a systematic bias difference in the sexes and / or being raised in our culture.
Yes, we could, as you advise, teach women to navigate this system. But isn’t that what we’ve been trying, and where has that gotten us?
I think she has a unique point here pointing how companies are hypocritical - they want more diversity and transparency, yet actively take advantage of candidates by not being transparent, which overly falls harder on under represented groups.
- kqr 6y agoI agree. It's also the fact that diversity isn't about what letters people have in their passports. What we want is a diversity of perspectives, opinions, and philosophies toward life and everything. Part of why we want more women is tightly interwoven with the reasons they are less likely to negotiate hard on salary. If we hire only women who negotiate like men, we aren't getting that diversity at all. Obviously I speak in stereotypes now, but I think the general point still stands; we can't keep hiring with the exact same criteria and expect to magically get different hires. We want diversity in terms of who the person is, not what their biological sex or social gender is.
- csa 6y ago> What we want is a diversity of perspectives, opinions, and philosophies toward life and everything. If only... My personal experience is that the folks who are most vocal about “diversity” (i.e., the letters in the passport you refer to) tend to be the least supportive of different perspectives, opinions, philosophies of life, etc. “Agree with the way I think, or you are part of the problem” sadly is a common rallying cry.