Re:Women rise through the ranks of IT more rapidly than men
by tajen on Tuesday October 11, 2016 @04:50PM
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> some kind of obvious industry norm. It is not; you should reword.
OP's study about women being promoted 25% faster than men just means it's an industry norm to promote women.
At least nowadays. I'd like to attract your attention that the world is changing, I'm happy with more equality at my workplace, and women were obviously oppressed in workplaces I've been to 10 years ago. Just, at least, not today in UK anyway.
Re:Women rise through the ranks of IT more rapidly than men
by chillingeffect on Tuesday October 11, 2016 @02:36PM
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Like much repression, we are not conscious to it. When it's not validated to us by a larger movement in terms we can perceive, it's easy to convince ourselves it's not happening and it's actually a problem with ourselves. Just as the contemporary feminist movement is making excellent and impressive strides to wake us up to the reality of how men have been extraordinarily repressing women, studies like this are the first beams of light pointing out that which we could never previously put words to.
Also, you mention your experience is focused in the startup world, which differs from the employment scene at large.
Someone, I'm sure, will rebut this comment with an example of a successful founder who started their company due to oppressive affirmative action policies. But you worded your comment as if this was some kind of obvious industry norm. It is not; you should reword.