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I’ve been in the workforce for 30 years. I’ve never seen anything even close to this happen anywhere I have worked, I haven’t heard stories about it from my friends either.
But we aren’t tech bros.
The circumstantial evidence seems to suggest that the tech industry has a big problem with this kind of sexual assault and sexual harassment. Why? I have no idea.
But that industry needs to take account of this and hold themselves to a higher standard. Getting support for this is probably hard for lemmy users because many of them are probably tech bros themselves and possibly blind to this sort of thing happening in their workplaces too.
Def seems like the rumblings around tech culture and sexism has some teeth though
I have seen this kind of shit happen. The shock factor is another reason why it is so hard to talk about. All around people kept saying "I've worked in this field for N years and never saw shit like this". It happens, and it is fucking everywhere. Some of us don't encounter it, but it is there. There is a real law of silence around these systems.
Or you aren't someone that woman deem as safe to talk to about this.
Sexual harassment and sexual violence happen all over the world and in every industry. Just think about how many people react when they hear something like this and that will make it clear why the victims often don't talk to anyone (or only a few people they see as safe) about this.
Or I’m responsible for the women on my team and don’t tolerate a culture of anything less than professional
Nerds with problematic ideas about women who suddenly get power over women. That’s it.