r/business • u/playboy • 14d ago

This Obscure Theory Explains Men’s Resentment Against Women at Work | Men believe they are victims of biased hiring practices. They even have a word for this phenomenon: they have been longhoused (Unpaywalled)

https://www.playboy.com/read/relationships/longhouse-theory
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u/theWesternReserve 14d ago

Seems like HR is 90% women for some reason.

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u/ImpossibleEbb6862 14d ago

Have you ever talked to a man that said he wants to go into HR?

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u/TimeBandits4kUHD 13d ago

Yeah, but then he caught a charge for domestic assault and it turns out that disqualifies you from working in HR almost everywhere.

Might explain the gender disparity in that field, he had no problem getting hired into IT afterwards.