Re:60% of women in tech reported unwanted sexual advances
by vkou on Thursday January 14, 2016 @01:49PM
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Because, the authors...
Work in tech.
So yeah, they are biased in wanting to get their industry in order. There is no ulterior motive, here, and no reason to get so defensive.
Re:60% of women in tech reported unwanted sexual advances
by js8 on Thursday January 14, 2016 @02:10PM
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I don't think they have ulterior motive, I just think they go about it (whatever is it they are actually doing) in a completely wrong way.
I think that these "unwanted sexual advances" may come from the fact there is power differential, i.e. hierarchy and bosses. Maybe we could try to eradicate that first, that is, have more cooperatives (democratically owned and run companies)? In tech, these would be pretty easy to set up due to low investment requirements..
Fine, why choose tech then? Are they biased? It simply doesn't make sense.
If they want to help women, they could perhaps start in an industry where it's most likely to be a problem (and I'd bet it's somewhere where women are doing low paid job). Here's why - we probably already know at least a partial solution, just look at what are the other industries doing. You don't get either information without a survey.