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by unknownsky 1270 days ago
I have lived in a handful of different countries. I'm criticizing the idea that it's so simple to say one country is more sexist or more equal than another because there are so many metrics you can use to measure equality.

Sweden beats a lot of countries when it comes to a strongly protected right to parental leave for both men and women. But Sweden is behind many other countries when it comes to stereotypes and assumptions about what jobs men or women should be doing.

So it's meaningless to make a blanket statement that one country is more equal than another.

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This Swedish website actually claims that tech is a problem area for Sweden:

https://sweden.se/life/equality/gender-equality

There's a link to this report: https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5501a836e4b0472e6124f...

"Every third woman who responded to the survey, sent out by Allbright to employees at the tech companies, reports that she has been discriminated against"

> "Every third woman who responded to the survey, sent out by Allbright to employees at the tech companies, reports that she has been discriminated against"

Which - putting my boring hat on - doesn't mean she was discriminated against.

So.. some person on an Internet forum is better equipped to determine if it is discrimination than the person who experienced it? Good luck.