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A comment on Google's Marissa Mayer: Girls Can Be Geeks, Too. Parent comment

Re:Google's Marissa Mayer: Girls Can Be Geeks, Too by anuleczka on Monday December 27, 2010 @07:52PM (#2044197)
Hmm, interesting. Why would larger companies have an imperative to be diverse? Legality?
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Re:Google's Marissa Mayer: Girls Can Be Geeks, Too by ekanes on Monday December 27, 2010 @08:04PM (#2044226)
The bigger you are, the clearer it becomes if you have gender biases in your hiring, pay or advancement. Walmart is a current example.

eg. http://www.nytimes.com/2010/06/04/business/04lawsuit.html?_r...

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Re:Google's Marissa Mayer: Girls Can Be Geeks, Too by mrr2 on Monday December 27, 2010 @08:14PM (#2044245)
They are more likely to be in the public eye. More visibility = more chances of being attacked for being sexist/discriminating = more programs and "support" to hire females, underrepresented minorities etc.

A startup is working hard just to survive. This is a survivorship bias often ignored by media and report likely because its not politically correct.

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