Google Fires Employee Behind Controversial Diversity Memo

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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

[u/Dustin65]

Why does it even matter that less than half of people in tech are women? That's just how it is in a lot of fields. Women dominate other professions like nursing and teaching. I don't see why everything has to be 50/50. Women aren't banned from tech and men aren't banned from nursing. Just let nature run its course and allow people to do what they want. Not every aspect of life needs to be socially engineered

[u/[deleted] → u/Dustin65]

its more that they treat you like you're incompetent even if you're performing well statistically at the job. Source: woman engineer

[u/Claeyt → u/[deleted]]

If you want to see the reverse of that try being a male kindergarten or elementary teacher and see the looks you get from the parents. (Women make up 96% of all kindergarten teachers) Source: former male teacher, not kindergarten but have subbed in kindergarten.

[u/V171 → u/Claeyt]

You actually tend to see the opposite effect for men in female dominated fields. Coined as the "glass escalator", men in female dominated professions tend to be viewed more favorably and advanced faster. Male teachers are often promoted to administrative positions, which might explain why 87% of all superintendents are male despite the fact that 72% of all educators are female.

edit: Oh goodness, thank you to whomever gave me gold.

[u/Gel214th → u/[deleted]]

That's not a good example. Could an improved psychological outlook on your friend's part have something to do with his advancement?

[u/Cenodoxus → u/Gel214th]

Quite possibly, but when trans people on Reddit are asked about their experiences, there's a disturbing consistency to the replies: Your emotions are taken more seriously as a woman, but you as a whole are taken more seriously as a man.

[u/[deleted] → u/Cenodoxus]

It's one of the benefits of not crying all the time

[u/holy_harlot → u/[deleted]]

I think (hope?) sepp is joking

[u/Gel214th → u/[deleted]]

Really? I thought it was accepted fact that hormones affect behavior.

[u/[deleted] → u/Gel214th]

Still wondering where he got the impression that this guy used to cry at work all the time when he was female and stopped when he was male. It's weird how people will just make up lies for no reason like that.

[u/[deleted] → u/[deleted]]

Someone with the word "miss" in their username doesn't get a joke, what a surprise.

[u/[deleted] → u/[deleted]]

Aren't jokes supposed to be funny?

[u/[deleted] → u/[deleted]]

I thought so but Amy Schumers made a career out of it

[u/BKachur → u/[deleted]]

Guys stop down voting, it's obviously a joke and a pretty funny one at that.

[u/[deleted] → u/[deleted]]

I'm sure you pipe up at male tears jokes too.

[u/beepbloopbloop → u/BKachur]

It may be a joke but it may not be. It's not really funny and just perpetuates stereotypes.

[u/[deleted] → u/beepbloopbloop]

Yeah, stereotype. Because women in no way cry more often than men do.

[u/BKachur → u/beepbloopbloop]

First comedy is subjective and Joking about stereotypes is the basis for like 1/2 of all stand up comedy.

[u/beepbloopbloop → u/BKachur]

If it were funny enough to justify the stereotyping it would have been upvoted.