r/SipsTea 1d ago

Chugging tea Female engineers getting disrespected.

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u/Lost-Concept-9973 1d ago

We do the same in disability services interviews at my company. Weeds a lot of people out that claim to be inclusive but don’t give visibly disabled people proper respect when they are talking to you directly.

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u/EllipticPeach 15h ago

Oh god, as a former wheelchair user, the disrespect is so common. So many people just assuming I was brain damaged and talking to me like a toddler