[kaichanvong]

Interesting article. Some people have questioned what the point of it was. I saw it as this:

  A. Enter male to female ratio of 1:50
  B. Experience some things that felt wrong/daunting
  C. New manager entered scene and "fixed things"

I wonder if the fact the manager (Sheryl Sandberg) was female made a big impact on the resulting fixes.

Would a different manager have done the same? Possibly not unless either they thought about it from reading about an article or having been in a similar position at say Froogle.

Really interesting and I think it brings up the something that we as people should start doing more. Ask questions if something seems wrong or potentially off. Even if we're not a "manager" or not female. To at the very least try to promote `good`.

It's good for stories such as these to circulate as hopefully it will speed up the dilution of sexist issues we keep hearing of. And by dilution I mean the hopeful removal of this problem entirely.

[lucisferre]

I'm sure being female had some impact on her empathy towards the author. But it sounds like simply being a "grown up" was the more decisive factor here.

Lord of the flies.