Tech bros’ attitude to female colleagues stuck in dark ages::Research sheds light on attitudes holding industry back

  • reliv3@lemmy.ml
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    1 year ago

    On point. Everytime these kind of studies are posted, the bros always have some low key sexist comments which try to explain why the study is wrong… It happens a lot in the scientific community as well. Yet, all you need to do is speak to a few women in the field to understand just how hostile some of these Stem communities can be towards women.

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      1 year ago

      Pretty much. I recently left a horrifically toxic job in tech (security side.) Despite being a top performer a middle manager of mine hated that I asked if we could change some processes and beat me down for almost two years before I quit. I was called emotional, overreactive, “to let [manager] have his way and everything would be cool”, and so on. Pretty much considering leaving the field permanently and as you said - just look at these comments :p

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        1 year ago

        What kind of processes and changes to them did he consider “emotional”, if I might ask?

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          1 year ago

          None? That’s not what I said lol. I was called those things, not the changes I had asked for.