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This is, by far, the most level-headed article on sexism in business and technology that I've ever read. The fight for equality didn't fail, we just haven't fi
by PLejeck 13y ago
This is, by far, the most level-headed article on sexism in business and technology that I've ever read. The fight for equality didn't fail, we just haven't finished it yet. But the fight from here doesn't require anger or protests like it did in past decades. Now it requires leadership, and we need to switch gears.
As for anger, I'll be directing mine at the Wall Street Journal for making it so I couldn't scroll with arrow keys: I almost gave up reading (and I'm glad I didn't)
- GhotiFish 13y agoOh god, when I pressed the down arrow I nearly lost it! What the hell!?
- PLejeck 13y agoI had the same thing happen! The expected action of a down arrow on a text-oriented site is scrolling, not "next." Betrayal of expectations is not a good UX.
- MartinCron 13y agoThis is very similar to the central idea of Sheryl Sandberg's "Lean In". Having more and better women in leadership positions will help both men and women. I was skeptical, but I enjoyed the book more than I expected.
- PLejeck 13y agoProgress in equality benefits everybody, no matter how much people try to claim otherwise. Diversity is an amazingly good thing.
- MartinCron 13y agoSome people take the primitive view that anything that helps women must hurt men. It makes me sad.
- wildgift 13y agoThere's still plenty of room for anger and protests. Maybe not in this particular situation, because it's basically an elite situation where you're trying to effect a cultural change, but in other situations rage is necessary.
- PLejeck 13y agoAnger is necessary, but rage is never good. Rage only leads to self-destruction and scope accretion. Of course, in some places, rage is the only way to outdo the powers-that-be. But once you've outdone them, you must switch gears.