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Re:Women rise through the ranks of IT more rapidly than men by reitanqild on Tuesday October 11, 2016 @02:12PM (#12686983)
This differs a lot: at the last company I worked with some men were awful.

That doesn't seem to be the standard though.

I do see one issue though: women are far more likely to be sick (at least around here statistics are quite clear IIRC).

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Re:Women rise through the ranks of IT more rapidly than men by scook on Tuesday October 11, 2016 @02:16PM (#12687028)
Men are more likely to place pride over medical care. They'll take fewer days they really need as a result.
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Re:Women rise through the ranks of IT more rapidly than men by danbolt on Tuesday October 11, 2016 @02:30PM (#12687184)
Seriously. Some days I think I put way too much irrational pressure on myself just to be "good enough" at my job.
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Re:Women rise through the ranks of IT more rapidly than men by GFK_of_xmaspast on Tuesday October 11, 2016 @02:56PM (#12687466)
When toxic masculinity is literally toxic.
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Re:Women rise through the ranks of IT more rapidly than men by randyrand on Tuesday October 11, 2016 @05:29PM (#12688673)
Masculinity has been sexually selected for (by females) for millennia. Much of this selection wasn't even done by humans! Placing blame seems silly.
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Re:Women rise through the ranks of IT more rapidly than men by bryanlarsen on Tuesday October 11, 2016 @02:18PM (#12687047)
"women are far more likely to be sick"

That's only the case for younger workers. For older workers, men are more likely to be sick, according to insurance statistics.

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Re:Women rise through the ranks of IT more rapidly than men by reitanqild on Tuesday October 11, 2016 @02:33PM (#12687220)
Interesting. Didn't know.

I'll accept it for now but I guess I'll have to look that up before I feel confident to tell that as fact.

Edit: why was parent downvoted?

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