[Aqua]

While I understand that serious "sexist" incidents take place in the tech industry I always try to read such articles with distance as honestly, this is just a random blog post published after a leaked info of Uber toxic environment, there is no evidence presented and this may be a post by someone seeking attention (I'm not saying that's the case, though). I fail to understand what was preventing them all from releasing all that stuff anonymously prior Uber outrage?

Don't get me wrong, I'm highly critical of sexism but the western political correctness is driving me nuts even more, I could imagine some of the claims in the article being part of a joke, e.g. "Don't be such a woman" the person didn't like or didn't get, seriously this stuff will soon turn into another list of forbidden words one cannot think of without being accused of racism, sexism, homophobia, xenophobia or other more sophisticated phobia I couldn't yet think of. On the other hand if it's true that there was a plan to fire a woman because she was pregnant, it is truly outrageous, but then again, it's just an article on the internet.

I also doubt that all these sexist comments ("don't be such a woman") came out of nowhere, this may sound radical but I can't imagine anyone in the tech field picking on an employee (whatever sex) who is performing well, that said I disagree with the form it allegedly took as the article claims but there are tons of various programs hosted by SV giants and other IT companies across the world that aim to bring more women into the field and let's make it clear, sexism works both ways and I personally haven't seen any complains about these programs, what a surprise. If anything, it's easier for a woman to get into tech nowadays than for a man and this might be one of the reasons why such incidents take place afterwards, when people within the team realize someone is a slacker or his/her abilities are way under the expected average I can imagine such person not being treated equally. What's worse, I can sense this leading to another politically correct absurd like "you can't say I'm not a high performer, because I'm a woman" or the managers not being able to give just criticism to female employees without being accused of sexism.

[TheAdamAndChe]

To be fair, the author didn't say she worked with Uber, and in fact didn't even out the compan(y/ies) she was complaining about. It seems like she was just trying to advance the conversation on sex and gender in our field, which is an important topic currently.

In my opinion, what we are experiencing is a combination of culture clash between regions of the country with varying expectations on sex and gender, and disagreements on what an equal society is. There are some places with literal gender quotas, others with an equal opportunity hiring method, and yes, some with real sexism and discrimination. How do we choose in what direction our culture goes? Are the differences in gender all cultural, or are there legitimate psychological differences? In a period of growing inequality and low marriage rates, how do we provide for the modern family? All of these are important social questions with many, many different opinions on them. Please try not to approach these topics with the mindset of "political correctness gone awry."