https://the-orbit.net/brutereason/2015/02/26/why-subtle-sexism-in-tech-matters/ Care and responsibility. Fri, 27 Feb 2015 14:32:04 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.1.6 https://the-orbit.net/brutereason/2015/02/26/why-subtle-sexism-in-tech-matters/#comment-10709 Fri, 27 Feb 2015 14:32:04 +0000 http://freethoughtblogs.com/brutereason/?p=4075#comment-10709 I think a big part of the problem is confirmation bias in management. If a man don’t understand what bullying looks like and doesn’t care enough about it to stop it, he’ll be looking for any excuse he can find to think that there isn’t a problem here … and therefore the bullies will give him the excuses he needs. It will be unsatisfactory bullshit, but he can stop thinking about it after the victims leave the room.

]]> https://the-orbit.net/brutereason/2015/02/26/why-subtle-sexism-in-tech-matters/#comment-10708 Fri, 27 Feb 2015 04:05:13 +0000 http://freethoughtblogs.com/brutereason/?p=4075#comment-10708 When I was a security guard at a tech company I overheard this gaggle of techbros talking about a lady in their group. The guy was saying she needed to be able to speak up and advocate for her position in meetings, that if she couldn’t do that she was unqualified to be there. I wasn’t in a position to say anything, but I would have loved to be able to give the obvious counterpoint – “Or maybe you guys should STFU for a fuckin’ minute and listen to quiet people, especially if that’s the only woman at the table.”

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