Outraged about the Google diversity memo?

Re:Outraged about the Google diversity memo? by rayiner on Thursday August 10, 2017 @10:05AM (#14979778)

> So we'll see what we see in every other company now also at Google. No mixed teams.

Do folks really believe that's what gender-balanced work places are like? I used to work at a large New York law firm where 40% of the lawyers were women. All of my teams were mixed, and out of happenstance I spent the bulk of my time working for women partners. Nobody was "terrified" because everyone knew how to act like a professional adult.

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Re:Outraged about the Google diversity memo? by Sacho on Thursday August 10, 2017 @10:27AM (#14980008)

I don't dispute your conclusion, but for the sake of argument, how can you be sure nobody was "terrified", given the claim from GP that people would hide their opinions on the matter very carefully?

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Re:Outraged about the Google diversity memo? by rayiner on Thursday August 10, 2017 @11:43AM (#14980795)

I guess I don't know if people were secretly terrified of the mixed-gender situation. But the recruiting process at a big firm involves 12 weeks of alcohol-fueled social events, and I saw pretty much everyone participate. People socialized and made friends with people of the opposite gender, as if we were in a first world country where that was okay. And when I started full time, I never saw any friction in the exclusively mixed-gender teams I worked on.

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