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bettyellen

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37. The overwhelmingly male work environment that she strives to rationize away as normal-
Tue May 2, 2017, 11:49 PM
May 2017

Because only "exceptional" women can break through and think like the dudes do. Because THATs normal, and other women just could never cut it because they like girly stuff too much. lOL.
If you can't see how wrong headed that crap is, well it's gotta be that love is blind.

sounds like economic anxiety to me. /sarc JHan May 2017 #1
Bahahaha! ismnotwasm May 2017 #3
hmmm interesting burnbaby May 2017 #2
Let me guess. You are a white or asian male. smirkymonkey May 2017 #5
lol burnbaby May 2017 #9
There's your answer. JNelson6563 May 2017 #27
interesting what you said burnbaby May 2017 #31
What was the gender and racial breakdown in these firms because across the board it's dismal.... bettyellen May 2017 #6
I will say this burnbaby May 2017 #11
When you look around and see that inequality you have to wonder why.... bettyellen May 2017 #15
as I stated above burnbaby May 2017 #32
I'm a white female gypsy11 May 2017 #24
Been a software developer since 1999 TNLib May 2017 #4
My sister works in... wcmagumba May 2017 #7
My girlfriend has been in this world since the early 90s Sen. Walter Sobchak May 2017 #8
Does she feel this might be changing? ismnotwasm May 2017 #13
A lot of women perpetuate the old silicon valley culture Sen. Walter Sobchak May 2017 #16
How many top executives are women? YoungDemCA May 2017 #18
If "talking about boys at the mean girl lunch table" is what she assumes other women want to do 9-5 bettyellen May 2017 #17
When they're thirteen... Sen. Walter Sobchak May 2017 #19
They're a little young to be pigeonholed as "boy crazy gossips" just because they don't work on bettyellen May 2017 #26
Binary? Dismissive Thinking? Male Domain? What Club? What are you talking about? Sen. Walter Sobchak May 2017 #29
If you missed her condensation toward fellow students she didn't know well... bettyellen May 2017 #30
You're attacking the character of somebody you have never met Sen. Walter Sobchak May 2017 #34
She put down her school mates as a way to justify her boy network..... bettyellen May 2017 #35
boy network? you are clearly having a conversation with somebody else Sen. Walter Sobchak May 2017 #36
The overwhelmingly male work environment that she strives to rationize away as normal- bettyellen May 2017 #37
No, she didn't say that either. Sen. Walter Sobchak May 2017 #38
Don't forget ageism. TBA May 2017 #10
I know what you mean burnbaby May 2017 #12
You better believe it IronLionZion May 2017 #14
First hand experience w/ that. CousinIT May 2017 #20
What do you expect when you have racist, sexist bullies in charge of the government? Initech May 2017 #21
it's not a new phenomenon NewJeffCT May 2017 #23
And we live in a country where that sort of thing can't and won't be policed. Initech May 2017 #25
The broham club Starry Messenger May 2017 #22
This is the Milo crowd DonCoquixote May 2017 #28
Wow! Does this mean the left suffers from the same problems as the right?????? nt LAS14 May 2017 #33
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