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Re: Men, commit to mentor women

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What the heck. As a (trans) woman who is non-tech in a tech company I find this stat concerning. Just talk to me like a I'm a fellow human, it's not that hard! PS; not too sure what 'working alone' means in terms of a common work activity?

I'm guessing 1-on-1?

Re: Men, commit to mentor women

#13
This was similar to the reaction of the Americans with Disabilities act. After the ADA was passed, the amount of disabled people employed actually decreased. Employers know that hiring an ADA employee would potentially result in an ADA lawsuit, so they avoided hiring them. It was the old well intention law with unintended consequences.

Re: Men, commit to mentor women

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post #3

Only in America. Women is very dangerous, be aware. On serious note, somebody should do a startup which trains men to work with women. Apparently opportunity is huge. Should be the first slide. 60% of all men...

> which trains men to work with women. Immediately will be labeled as sexist and forced to close business. You can't win this battle, best way is to not play.

We can just go with euphemism, like “work comfort” and obviously we do it for all genders.

Re: Men, commit to mentor women

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It’s a simple risk reward call. There is far more risk of accidentally crossing the line with the opposite sex. Yes MeToo has shed light on a lot and no doubt been a net positive but there will be a time until the dust settles and people learn how to work together safely. We no longer have a good formal set of norms for male female interaction. Maybe that could make some sense in situations like the work place where…

/s "Just be a decent human being!".

Re: Men, commit to mentor women

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post #2

Most important thing in modern America is to protect yourself and your reputation from assault as a simple accusation can destroy your life and plenty of people lie. Some rhetoric is not going to change that fact.

No need to lie, it's enough if someone misunderstood the other and it got ugly (HR etc involved).

Re: Men, commit to mentor women

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What the heck. As a (trans) woman who is non-tech in a tech company I find this stat concerning. Just talk to me like a I'm a fellow human, it's not that hard! PS; not too sure what 'working alone' means in terms of a common work activity?

The problem is people don't know what will offend you so they play the safe route of avoiding all contact. No discussions means no risk of lawsuit, accusations etc.

I used to work at a construction company where the owner was paranoid about sexual harassment lawsuits. For this reason, he specifically hired overweight older women for all of the administrative staff because he knew this would minimize the risk of sexual harassment lawsuits. The company never had any issues with it.

Re: Men, commit to mentor women

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post #5

It’s a simple risk reward call. There is far more risk of accidentally crossing the line with the opposite sex. Yes MeToo has shed light on a lot and no doubt been a net positive but there will be a time until the dust settles and people learn how to work together safely. We no longer have a good formal set of norms for male female interaction. Maybe that could make some sense in situations like the work place where…

Can you define accidentally?

Do a lot of people give their boss middle finger accidentally?

Like yo, went to work, talked to CEO and give him finger, must be weather.

Re: Men, commit to mentor women

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post #3

Only in America. Women is very dangerous, be aware. On serious note, somebody should do a startup which trains men to work with women. Apparently opportunity is huge. Should be the first slide. 60% of all men...

> which trains men to work with women. Immediately will be labeled as sexist and forced to close business. You can't win this battle, best way is to not play.

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