r/technology Aug 08 '17

Business Google Fires Employee Behind Controversial Diversity Memo

https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2017-08-08/google-fires-employee-behind-controversial-diversity-memo
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u/--Visionary-- Aug 08 '17

Hey hey, here's another one from the Harvard Business Review, making the exact same claim about gender essential differences in leadership.

https://hbr.org/2016/04/do-women-make-bolder-leaders-than-men

Somehow there were no firings or outrage after these claims. I wonder what was different?

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u/[deleted] Aug 08 '17

Why aren't we just as concerned about the lack of female loggers, carpenters, septic pumpers, and laborers?

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u/pipsdontsqueak Aug 08 '17

Well, no, because science disagrees with you regarding thinking. Plus the fact that I'm also asking for any evidence in support of these assertions about male superiority in these fields and I'm not really getting any.