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Re:Ask HN: Women in tech, how do you find non-toxic work env... by roguecoder on Monday June 05, 2017 @05:38PM (#14492375)
I recommend not blaming individual women for the structural inequalities they face.

The consequences for men and women negotiating (particularly "aggressively") are different. At the very least, someone perceived as a woman has to be prepared for backlash in a way that people perceived as men don't experience if they negotiate.

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Re:Ask HN: Women in tech, how do you find non-toxic work env... by maerF0x0 on Monday June 05, 2017 @07:34PM (#14493315)
Negotiation is a part of capitalism. I dont think I want to live in another system. I agree that no one should be denigrated for negotiating, but irrespective of current denigration women are eventually going to have to negotiate. Therefore recommending negotiating has nothing to do with the current structural inequalities, but rather is sound advice regardless.
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Re:Ask HN: Women in tech, how do you find non-toxic work env... by wpietri on Tuesday June 06, 2017 @12:06AM (#14494661)
This is bad, ignorant advice. See, e.g.:

https://www.theatlantic.com/business/archive/2017/01/women-n...

http://www.newyorker.com/science/maria-konnikova/lean-out-th...

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