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Re:The More Gender Equality, the Fewer Women in STEM (2018) by foldr on Thursday December 12, 2019 @04:44PM (#21776868)
It makes sense that higher levels of complaining would correlate with lower levels of sexism. Things don't usually get fixed unless people complain.
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Re:The More Gender Equality, the Fewer Women in STEM (2018) by retsibsi on Thursday December 12, 2019 @06:10PM (#21777623)
Could be more the other way around: in a really Xist field, there are fewer complaints because a) there are probably fewer [minority group] to complain, b) complaining feels riskier and less likely to achieve anything, c) complaints that do get made are more likely to be quickly shut down rather than amplified.
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Re:The More Gender Equality, the Fewer Women in STEM (2018) by microcolonel on Thursday December 12, 2019 @06:06PM (#21777596)
The rise in complaining has not been correlated with a drop in "sexism", even the kind that is a bit of a stretch.
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