jd Ⓐ★😼🚀🌍🇪🇺🇭🇺Apr 27, 2017

'Sexual harassment, bullying and racist stereotyping are common in the technology industry, creating a culture that drives underrepresented employees out of their jobs, new research has found.

One in 10 women in tech experience unwanted sexual attention, and nearly one in four people of color face stereotyping ...surveyed more than 2,000 people who left tech jobs in the last three years.'

https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2017/apr/27/tech-industry-sexism-racism-silicon-valley-study

Show threadԜаӀtеr ⅬарсһуnѕkіApr 27, 2017
@jd this is just so frustrating and upsetting to me. most of the people that i have worked with in the tech industry are absolutely wonderful people who adamantly rally against prejudice of any kind (well, except maybe when it comes to PHP or Windows). where do these people work? i have to wonder if it isn't a particular segment, as most of the tech people i know are #opensource and/or #linux folks.
Show threadCreatrix Tiara
@wxl @jd hell, just being all #NotAllTechies about it *is* part of the problem
Apr 27, 2017 at 11:20pmWeb
Show threadԜаӀtеr ⅬарсһуnѕkіApr 27, 2017

@creatrixtiara @jd oh that's not what i'm saying at all. it has to exist. and i've certainly seen it exist in different places, including from prominent people in the linux/FOSS community.

i guess all i'm saying is that in my personal experience, the people i know in tech are already marginalized in some way, so they're already sensitive to bullying/harassment. that doesn't make them immune to participating in it, but at least they try to be cognizent.

Show threadԜаӀtеr ⅬарсһуnѕkіApr 27, 2017
@jd @creatrixtiara just to further clarify, what i'm frustrated and upset about is not the tech community getting blamed for something its not guilty of, but the fact that it exists.