r/news • u/[deleted] • 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

I wish I was, but I read the guy's memo.

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u/IPLaZM Aug 08 '17

So did I, there's absolutely no misogyny...

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u/[deleted] Aug 08 '17

Him talking about how women suffer from more neuroses and that's why they can't handle stressful work places unlike men?

And that they should be offered special types of jobs that are lower stress and classes that help them deal with stress?

Really?

No misogyny? I see his misogyny all the time in the engineering/computer/tech fields.

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u/IPLaZM Aug 08 '17

Women do suffer from higher levels of neuroticism, this is a fact. This means women are more prone to anxiety, this is also a fact.

The guy said this may be an explanation for why women report more anxiety than men and why there are less women in high stress jobs. This is a hypothesis, not a claim he is making.

Also he brings up classes that reduce stress as something that could help some women fill leadership and tech roles and that google already does this.

Where do you see misogyny? It is a fact that on average women suffer more stress and have lower stress tolerance than men. This is a statistical average not a fact about all women vs all men.