FindersKeepers (11-28-2019)
Some definitely fit that. Granted, there is a natural trend for women to practice hypergamy. Even feminist women tend to do this. Women naturally desire a man who is either an equal or superior to them in terms of class, intellect, or force of personality.
Granted, there are some women who settle for less, but they tend to have self-esteem issues. Their perception of who is an equal or better is affected by this lack of self-esteem.
This means that a lot of men are left out. This trend only worsens as women outperform men in things like academia.
As much as people moan about a supposed gender pay gap, the near future will likely present a situation where women are, overall, better qualified for most jobs and will understandably be paid better on average than men.
If the hypergamy trend continues, then this will make it harder and harder for them to find a desirable man, and for less qualified men to find a woman who is interested.
We already hear a growing number of stories of professional women who have trouble finding desirable men today.
I generally agree, although I believe the same applies to many feminists. Life is about making your own opportunities -- not fixating on victimhood via perceived bias in the system.
There are still vestiges of patriarchy in the system, but they are disappearing quickly, with the exception of truly male dominated fields where it can be an uphill battle for women depending on who is leading the organization. I'm just talking about white collar work here and fields like IT and Engineering.
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Mahatma Gandhi
Cotton1 (11-28-2019)
You may be familiar with how a lot of non-Western societies have better representation of women in those fields. Some people interpret that as evidence of sexism in those fields here, but the more logical argument is that we have a wider variety of employment opportunities in the West.
When men and women have the option of entering any field they like, there is a certain amount of self-segregation. We don't have many female plumbers, for example. We don't have many male nurses.
In the non-Western societies that have more female engineers and scientists, math and science fields are often among the few opportunities for advancement among the educated. So, logically, more women enter those fields than here, proportionately speaking.
When given more choices, women tend to go for more social jobs, like human resources or even social work.
In quoting my post, you affirm and agree that you have not been goaded, provoked, emotionally manipulated or otherwise coerced into responding.
"The difference between what we do and what we are capable of doing would suffice to solve most of the world’s problems.”
Mahatma Gandhi
Rationalist (11-28-2019)
Rationalist (11-28-2019)
Perhaps, but as the James Damore fiasco showed us, plenty of tech companies go out of their way to be woke regarding race and gender. It ultimately results in promoting minorities for reasons other than merit.
So, while there probably are some tech companies that are sexist against women, the most prominent ones are arguably sexist and racist toward white males in terms of individual assessments for advancement.
If you're female in one of those companies, you're better able to be promoted just for being female. The same is true if you're black or Latino. And if you're both female and black or Latino, you'll have the most opportunities for it.