Good & Bad news story

[TheLuminaries]

The good news is that the organisers were called out for the sexist claptrap of burlesque dancers at an industry award event.

The bad news is that the tech industry in 2017 is plainly so male dominated it didn't occur to anyone how dated and offensive this would be. story here

Yes I read that one. Just imaging the lads organising it feeling so proud.

Well at least the lads attending it did speak up. I think that's some kind of progress.

Just read this report yesterday about sexism in the IT sector in Scotland. Interesting the disparity between the male and female experience, and how men just do not see unfairness or bias in the workplace because they're never on the receiving end.

www.be-it.co.uk/blog-news/view/5321/sexism-in-it-in-scotland-the-report.aspx#.Wh1zW8Mmo6E.twitter

That is an interesting report and a good rebuff to the Google engineer who suggested it was ladies brains that presented women succeeding in tech. If sexism is completely institutionalised it becomes a massive invisible barrier. Then someone speaks up (as in the industry award example) and the organisers are left blinking in surprise. Plainly it never even crossed their minds it was so inappropriate - which is pretty damming.

At this stage, it’s not clear if we will move forward with the event next year.”

Oh ffs! Learn from your obvious and glaring mistake and move on to make next year an award ceremony that all can be proud of.

Bit like the many threads on here about men not pulling their weight when it comes to household 'chores' - when called up on it they pull the sad mchuffy face.