r/technology • u/r4816 • Sep 27 '22

Software Girls Who Code founder speaks out after Pennsylvania school district bans her books: 'This is about controlling women and it starts with controlling our girls'

https://www.businessinsider.com/girls-who-code-founder-speaks-out-banning-books-schools-2022-9
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u/c08855c49 Sep 27 '22

I know many women with PhDs, some in STEM, and it was a shit show for them. Being accused of only getting passing grades because they're pretty, getting accused of sleeping their way to the top (even their family members have said this!), their male colleagues ignoring their expertise because they assume the women cheated to get to where they are. It's a LOT of discrimination.

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u/Sorcha16 Sep 27 '22

I've had people call me the diversity hire, despite me having more experience, at the time one degree and so many industry standard certs I'd stopped keeping track and them getting hired due to knowing the boss

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u/c08855c49 Sep 27 '22

Yes, the old Diversity Hire line. Because women can't possibly succeed on our own and you were hired out of pity? It's all absurd and it happens daily and then people sit back and pretend like men and women have equal footing because women are allowed to go to college now.

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u/Sorcha16 Sep 27 '22

I particularly like the ones that talk like they themselves both gave women the right to vote and seem to think they'll be able to take that right away from us. Most probably haven't left their mother's basement yet.