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Differences Between Men and Women Are Vastly Exaggerated(linkedin.com)
2 points by funnyguys 9y ago|0 comments
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by funnyguys 9y ago
I read in comments from people who claimed to work for Google - diversity initiatives in Google aim to bring the diversity close to the male-female ratio in the applicant pool. Couple of other companies I know where number of employees are
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by funnyguys 9y ago
Are there any studies that concludes empathetic people become psychologists (honest question as I do not know)? Or is it an assumption that we make because of the nature of the profession? Also, is empathy a function of only gender - would
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by funnyguys 9y ago
In the memo, he mentions that the gender differences "may" be the reason for the lesser number of women in technology. There are no studies which link the differences with ability to work as a computer programmer. I would prefer w
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by funnyguys 9y ago
This is not the same thing, is it? From reading the comments in most forums, looks like people seems to at least partially support the contents of the memo and the guy for writing this. Also, he is not speaking out in support of the minorit
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by funnyguys 9y ago
This is not just PC assertions. Generalizing characteristics of people based on their gender is harmful and exactly the reason racism is frowned upon. If biological reasons can determine if a person is fit for a particular job, let us start
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by funnyguys 9y ago
This exactly - it was mediocre crap. When you insinuate that some of your co-workers have certain drawbacks because of their gender, it makes that gender more aware of their behaviour and they are put in a position where they to take extra
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by funnyguys 9y ago
Yes, like in Gattaca we will decide the traits of people based on the gender, race and blood samples and assign jobs based on that.
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by funnyguys 9y ago
Quote from another article: "All of these traits which the manifesto described as “female” are the core traits which make someone successful at engineering. Anyone can learn how to write code; hell, by the time someone reaches L7 or so
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by funnyguys 9y ago
Any one even remotely thinks that the memo was right should read this : https://medium.com/@yonatanzunger/so-about-this-googlers-man... There are some good points in the memo - like having training and support for men
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by funnyguys 9y ago
When you insinuate that some of your co-workers have certain drawbacks because of their gender, it makes that particular gender all the more aware of their behaviour and they are put in a position where they to take extra effort to prove ot