Take a look at an Engineering class some time Anita.
The few girls that graduate get promoted quick though...
Posted on 08/08/2017 12:12:36 PM PDT by nickcarraway
Over the weekend, a memo written by a Google engineer suggesting women are less “biologically” fit to work in tech became another reminder of just how far Silicon Valley companies have to go when it comes to eradicating sexism. The memo was the latest in a series of scandals that have made abundantly clear how toxic tech jobs can be for women, and highlighted the immediate need for companies to come up with a concrete plan to counter sex discrimination.
But Anita Hill, whose own claims of sexual harassment made headlines back in the ‘90s, has no faith in the tech industry to self-regulate. In a powerful New York Times op-ed, Hill suggested that the only real way to end sexism in Silicon Valley is for women to take things into their own hands.
“We can’t afford to wait for the tech industry to police itself — and there are few indications that it will ever do so,” she wrote. She also ruled out government intervention based on recent Justice Department decisions, and said that though press and shareholder intervention have proven somewhat effective, it’s not quick enough.
“Instead, women in the industry should collectively consider their legal options,” she wrote. “Top among these would be class-action discrimination cases against employers.” She went on:
Women in tech no doubt have hurdles to bringing class-action lawsuits, including the requisite preponderance of statistical evidence and the prevalence of confidentiality clauses and arbitration agreements, which are, in effect, designed to pre-empt class actions. But this challenge doesn’t mean the suits cannot be brought, or won. This is a route that the women of Silicon Valley should consider, especially if regulation is not an immediate and viable solution.
Hill used the 1996 “boom-boom room” case, in which women employees at a stock-brokerage firm sued for sexual harassment and gender discrimination, as an example of the type of case women in tech could bring. “The lesson of these cases is clear: Class-action lawsuits can force industrywide change, even in the most entrenched, male-dominated industries,” she wrote. And in a world in which the author of the Google memo (who’s since been fired) said he received “many personal messages from fellow Googlers expressing their gratitude for bringing up these issues,” legal intervention might be the best resort.
Sure, if enough women sue their employers, they’ll decline to hire them. What could possibly go wrong?
women are less “biologically” fit to work
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not what he said
One thing wrong with the ‘woman is always right when it comes to harrassment’ meme is the blatant double-standard. If a woman accuses a Democrat man, she is obviously a sleaze who is just looking for money. But accuse a Repblican/Conservative man? The man is suspended from his job until he can prove his innocence. Leftist women have a real racket going here........
Hr 15 minutes were up a loooong time ago.
Definitely. Sue them for discriminating against Asian men to provide a job for absolutely anybody else!
Take a look at an Engineering class some time Anita.
The few girls that graduate get promoted quick though...
Aaaand women wonder why companies don’t want to hire them...
Yes, by all means, make them a tremendous liability to hire.
Oh and that’s not what the guy said.
One trick pony.
Is she suggesting as well that these woman drink lots of coke where they work, and make sure and scrutinize the cans for any signs of misogyny?
Once in awhile the LIAR crawls out from under her rock.
...and I'm still waiting for a pony...
Ironic that a woman who made false allegations of sexual harassment would be leading the charge on this.
Hey, you have said it all. Sexual ‘harrassment” or any brand of “male misbehavior” is the new theme in the “GUILTY before proven innocent”. And it really does depend on who/what the accused is. If a MALE-—Off with his head.
Also of great import is how one’s Last name is spelled. If you spell your last name so it ends with (D), you are regarding as innocent as a lamb.
However, if you are degenerate enough to spell your last name so it ends with (R).. GUILTY...save the cost of a trial.
Any MAN, in any sport, position, office, or profession can be easily ruined in today’s world.
....who the ell stepped on her tail?
I want Anita Hill to tell the truth herself.
More importantly, has she reproduced?
Anita Hill couldn’t even spell “Technology”
This has NOTHING to do with women...
This is a cover story to keep people from looking closer at the H1b corruption which has been going on for 20 years in Silicon Valley.
Both American women and men are being fired and replaced by engineers from India.
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