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posted by Fnord666 on Friday May 10 2019, @12:02PM   Printer-friendly
from the unsurprising dept.

From ieee

Female IEEE members say they face significant discrimination in the workplace, including demeaning comments, inappropriate job-interview questions, and exclusion from networking events and important business meetings.

Those were among the most common negative experiences reported by more than 4,500 members—associate member grade and above—from around the world who answered a survey IEEE conducted in 2017. The results were released last year.

Almost half of those surveyed worked in academia, and about 30 percent were from private industry. The rest worked for governmental or nonprofit institutions, or were graduate students or self-employed. The majority of respondents (65 percent) lived outside the United States.


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  • (Score: 2, Flamebait) by acid andy on Friday May 10 2019, @02:24PM (6 children)

    by acid andy (1683) on Friday May 10 2019, @02:24PM (#841845) Homepage Journal

    Oh there are plenty of men that can't take it either. They often get overlooked. Or sexist pricks like yourself tell them that they're being effeminate.

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  • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Friday May 10 2019, @03:08PM (5 children)

    by Anonymous Coward on Friday May 10 2019, @03:08PM (#841864)

    Exactly. And the sad thing is that the first ones being sexist and mock such men are their female counterparts.

    • (Score: 3, Funny) by acid andy on Friday May 10 2019, @04:32PM (4 children)

      by acid andy (1683) on Friday May 10 2019, @04:32PM (#841907) Homepage Journal

      I can't even tell if you get the irony in your post or if you're genuinely that hypocritical.

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      • (Score: 0, Insightful) by Anonymous Coward on Friday May 10 2019, @04:50PM (3 children)

        by Anonymous Coward on Friday May 10 2019, @04:50PM (#841914)

        AC is being observant. You are being hypocritical. The number of men who jump on to defend the feminine has almost 1 to 1 relationship with men who get offended for being called effeminate.

        • (Score: 2) by acid andy on Friday May 10 2019, @05:06PM (2 children)

          by acid andy (1683) on Friday May 10 2019, @05:06PM (#841921) Homepage Journal

          Got a citation? Large intestines don't count. FWIW offense can be given as well as taken, you know.

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          • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Friday May 10 2019, @11:31PM (1 child)

            by Anonymous Coward on Friday May 10 2019, @11:31PM (#842136)

            Got a citation? Large intestines don't count.

            You OK with a citation from my liver then?

            • (Score: 2) by acid andy on Saturday May 11 2019, @03:25PM

              by acid andy (1683) on Saturday May 11 2019, @03:25PM (#842325) Homepage Journal

              So long as you don't pull it out of your ass.

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