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Re:60% of women in tech reported unwanted sexual advances by noobermin on Thursday January 14, 2016 @12:48PM (#10902960)
Quick Google, but see [0]. Moreover, there's no doubt that 60% is a clear majority, which is striking, to be honest.

EDIT: And I forgot the link :)

[0] http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2015/02/19/1-in-3-women-sexual...

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Re:60% of women in tech reported unwanted sexual advances by striking on Thursday January 14, 2016 @01:01PM (#10903067)
Your link says 31% of women in STEM were harassed. 60% is some distance from that, don't you think?
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Re:60% of women in tech reported unwanted sexual advances by noobermin on Thursday January 14, 2016 @01:10PM (#10903144)
Good point, there are two possibilities here:

1) There is a bias in the cited sample (not the huffpo's, the op's).

2) Silicon Valley is one sleazy place.

I want to be open minded because I as a man am someone oblivious to a lot of these issues, but it might be called for if we had some details on the OP's study.

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Re:60% of women in tech reported unwanted sexual advances by striking on Thursday January 14, 2016 @01:16PM (#10903196)
Agreed. I don't necessarily outright disagree with the OP, I just get the impression that we're missing some of the facts. And not getting a complete picture can do just as much damage as entirely ignoring it.
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