The right thing to do. He needs to be replaced by a woman, and to Ariana's point they need several on the board. Plenty of work required to change the toxic culture at Uber.
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#12The right thing to do. He needs to be replaced by a woman, and to Ariana's point they need several on the board. Plenty of work required to change the toxic culture at Uber.
FTFY: He needs to be replaced by a more qualified individual. It doesn't matter what gender they identify as.
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#13By now this is starting to be downright hilarious. Fuck all these folks and the Ubers they rode into town in.
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#14Preparing to be bombarded with downvotes for this, but resigning over such a remark seems like an overreaction. His apology seems sincere, that should be enough. On the scale of things said about women by men in power this is about a 2/10, there's many much more egregious examples of sexism out there for people to be upset about.
Yeah right.
What possess someone to say something like that at a time like that. Maybe try keeping ya gob shut.
Maybe it'd be nice for a change if men in power were generally saying pleasant things about women.
That there are worse things happening in other places doesn't mean we can't also expect better behaviour from those in front of us now.
P.S. Hello from the south island
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#15On one hand, we live in an age that highlights and elevates any remarks made to a point that there are serious real world repercussions.
On the other hand, the internet offers a layer of perceived anonymity that causes people to say things they never would, or should, in person. Things that they would be ashamed if that had to repeat to peers, in person.
It's a strange time to be alive.
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#16The right thing to do. He needs to be replaced by a woman, and to Ariana's point they need several on the board. Plenty of work required to change the toxic culture at Uber.
It looks like you're a director at several companies you've invested in and you're male. You should practice what you preach and relinquish all those positions to women.
Gender shouldn't matter to determine qualification. If they appoint a woman, it should be because she's better qualified and not because of her gender. I'm shocked that people think the solution to sexism is a different flavor of sexism. It does women no favor to get positions on account of their gender instead of their qualifications because it just delegitimizes why they got a position in the first place. It will just leave people always wondering: "Did they earn it or were they given it on account of their gender?"
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#17The right thing to do. He needs to be replaced by a woman, and to Ariana's point they need several on the board. Plenty of work required to change the toxic culture at Uber.
FTFY: He needs to be replaced by a more qualified individual. It doesn't matter what gender they identify as.
While I understand the sentiment... it DOES matter what gender they identify as. Uber's culture issues deal with sexism and harassment towards Women. You need a diverse group for the board and adding white males will not fix their issue.
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#18I'm not sure I fully understand the point he was trying to make? Was it a dig at Huffington not adding value?
Listening to the audio, he's saying it in jest and Huffington laughs along (albeit nervously since it wasn't a funny joke). It's just reinforcing a stereotype that women tend to talk a lot.
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#19Preparing to be bombarded with downvotes for this, but resigning over such a remark seems like an overreaction. His apology seems sincere, that should be enough. On the scale of things said about women by men in power this is about a 2/10, there's many much more egregious examples of sexism out there for people to be upset about.
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#20Really can't make this up. The board has spent months trying to figure out how to deal with their culture issues, and minutes into the all-hands presenting their findings, he says a disparaging offhand comment about women.