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Hiring discrimination: a problem for men in female-dominated occupations

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Re: Hiring discrimination: a problem for men in female-dominated occupations

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Post by throwadogabone2 »

Anecdotally I have seen this in person at a large tech startup.

The recruiting team was all women, mainly white, and they were incredibly cliquey. Every hire was a woman. Men were turned down with vague excuses like “not a culture fit.”

All while aggressively pushing DEI initiatives and interventions on the tech side.

I don’t think the irony of this ever crossed their minds.

Re: Hiring discrimination: a problem for men in female-dominated occupations

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Post by cperciva »

throwadogabone2 wrote: post #3

Anecdotally I have seen this in person at a large tech startup. The recruiting team was all women, mainly white, and they were incredibly cliquey. Every hire was a woman. Men were turned down with vague excuses like “not a culture fit.” All while aggressively pushing DEI initiatives and interventions on the tech side. I don’t think the irony of this ever crossed their minds.

Men were turned down with vague excuses like “not a culture fit.”

That excuse might have been entirely accurate though. Most men are indeed not willing to participate in such a blatantly sexist culture.

Re: Hiring discrimination: a problem for men in female-dominated occupations

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Post by chokolad »

koshergweilo wrote: post #4

*In Sweden

This is in line with earlier findings in different countries. In a meta-analysis of hiring discrimination studies during 2000–2014, Rich [9] documented high levels of discrimination against men applying to jobs in female-dominated occupations in China [13], France [14], England [25], and Australia [11].

Re: Hiring discrimination: a problem for men in female-dominated occupations

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Post by lostcolony »

cperciva wrote: post #5
throwadogabone2 wrote: post #3

Anecdotally I have seen this in person at a large tech startup. The recruiting team was all women, mainly white, and they were incredibly cliquey. Every hire was a woman. Men were turned down with vague excuses like “not a culture fit.” All while aggressively pushing DEI initiatives and interventions on the tech side. I don’t think the irony of this ever crossed their minds.

Men were turned down with vague excuses like “not a culture fit.” That excuse might have been entirely accurate though. Most men are indeed not willing to participate in such a blatantly sexist culture.

Sure there are. Just not a blatantly sexist culture -they don't fit into-. There are plenty of male dominated companies, with male dominated recruiting teams, that still hire mostly males.

To be clear, I'm not saying it's okay either way, I'm just disagreeing with the idea 'most men' won't participate in such a culture; most men (oftentimes unwittingly) do.

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