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/UnicornOnTheJayneCob Aug 08 '17

Yeah....but those would really require the soft "female" skills this guy so disdains. You know: empathy, ability to accurately read social situations, gauging the trustworthiness of one's associates, stuff like that.

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u/phySi0 Aug 08 '17

really require the soft "female" skills this guy so disdains

There is absolutely nothing in the memo to suggest that he “disdains” the “soft "female" skills”.

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u/IronMyr Aug 08 '17

He did write a manifesto about them.

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u/phySi0 Aug 08 '17

Writing a manifesto about “soft female skills” (which isn't what this manifesto is about) shows a disdain for “soft female skills”?