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Re:Silicon Valley: Perks for Some Workers, Struggles for Par... by tedunangst on Tuesday April 07, 2015 @07:34PM (#9337879)
a world where women are hired but not promoted? Or where the discrimination falls under the heading of "culture fit" instead of explicit policy? Or even where women are hired and promoted equally, but otherwise treated like shit in the office?
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Re:Silicon Valley: Perks for Some Workers, Struggles for Par... by yummyfajitas on Tuesday April 07, 2015 @08:29PM (#9338074)
Why would non-promotion or "treated like shit" not trigger the negative consequences tptacek proposes? Would he and his fellow travelers not blow the whistle, quit or catcall their job ads?
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Re:Silicon Valley: Perks for Some Workers, Struggles for Par... by tedunangst on Wednesday April 08, 2015 @08:18AM (#9340227)
What's perceived as discrimination varies. Society at large disapproves of discrimination, so everyone believes "it's not me". It's harder to pretend something as overt as a policy against hiring women is anything but discrimination, as opposed to "just having fun" or "random chance".
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