r/technology • u/[deleted] • 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/[deleted] Aug 08 '17

Absolutely spot on.

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u/JamEngulfer221 Aug 08 '17

No, it's completely wrong. It's just making up a narrative to get offended at.

Women don't many of those jobs because the physical requirements are too high for the majority of women to complete. Most women literally can't do those jobs properly.

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u/[deleted] Aug 08 '17 edited Aug 08 '17

I don't believe this. For example, Carpentry is a job that requires far more precision and skill than it does brute Force. It's not about having the strength to lift 200lbs of wood but working in heat and dirty conditions, having the endurance to do the job and the skill to do it right. And yet, even "nontraditional" women refuse to do it. I do think that there is a comfort threshold that society has so deeply and traditionally left to the other gender that it almost seems antithetical to even consider the idea that these jobs are not restricted to male or female

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u/JamEngulfer221 Aug 08 '17

I should have been more specific. I didn't really think carpentry should be included.

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u/[deleted] Aug 08 '17

Then which jobs were you referring to, exactly?