More than half of women in tech report experiencing harassment at work
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There's not tonnes of information there on methodology, I'm curious about how they selected their subjects and why the gender ratio is so skewed.
1. That memo was not a manifesto, it was a memo...
2. That memo was not anti-diversity, it was pro-logic and pro-science with references.
3. This subject was a already major talking point, which is what provoked this memo and these discussions in the first place.
"A culture of harassment"
23% of respondents were outside the US, so I assume this is a world wide "culture of harassment".
"The findings echoed many of the anecdotes shared by women and minorities in the industry, with 53pc of women experiencing harassment compared to a meagre 16pc of men."
250% more women than men were surveyed.
"None of the male founders polled were propositioned for sex in exchange for business opportunities. Instead, most of the harassment directed at male founders was in relation to their professional character."
Probably because most investors are heterosexual males...
"Reporting this harassment to HR is seemingly a rarity, with only 16pc of women who experienced it doing so. 68pc of the women who filed reports were unhappy with how their workplace dealt with their issue, and, in 64pc of cases, the harasser in question faced no consequences for their unprofessional behaviour."
That 68% unhappy with the results of their reporting and the 64% of cases in which the harasser faced no consequences is actually a combination of both men and women who reported harassment...
I could go on, but this is sad.
Let's have everyone just start recording all of their day-to-day interactions at work and finally stomp all of this shit out of the work-place.
If these numbers are 100% accurate, this is beyond appalling.