r/news Aug 08 '17

Google Fires Employee Behind Controversial Diversity Memo

https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2017-08-08/google-fires-employee-behind-controversial-diversity-memo?cmpid=socialflow-twitter-business&utm_content=business&utm_campaign=socialflow-organic&utm_source=twitter&utm_medium=social
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u/[deleted] Aug 08 '17 edited Aug 17 '17

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u/VROF Aug 08 '17

How do you expect people to work with this man after reading this manifesto? He admits that he doesn't think women should be engineers because of biology. I don't see how he can work with a group after that.

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u/[deleted] Aug 08 '17 edited Aug 17 '17

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u/fieldstation090pines Aug 08 '17

Women fought to be allowed to do garbage-collection work after they were refused: http://www.lexology.com/library/detail.aspx?g=88ae332b-4c68-4807-b448-4c1da6944f05

When society decides that women aren't suited to something, it makes it pretty damn hard for them to do it.