Re:Technology’s Man Problem
by greenyoda on Saturday April 05, 2014 @07:41PM
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That's a good question. However, polls don't necessarily tell us what's really going on, since:
- People can lie to pollsters because they're not comfortable admitting their true biases.
- People may not have enough maturity or empathy to realize that their own behavior is offensive to others, so they don't think the questions about bias apply to themselves.
Also, the "tech industry" is much bigger than the small world of Silicon Valley startups. In the wider corporate world, where there's more diversity of age and sex (and more HR people keeping a watchful eye on employees), the accepted norms of behavior are very different from "bro culture".
- People can lie to pollsters because they're not comfortable admitting their true biases.
- People may not have enough maturity or empathy to realize that their own behavior is offensive to others, so they don't think the questions about bias apply to themselves.
Also, the "tech industry" is much bigger than the small world of Silicon Valley startups. In the wider corporate world, where there's more diversity of age and sex (and more HR people keeping a watchful eye on employees), the accepted norms of behavior are very different from "bro culture".