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Gender At Work Is Not A Women’s Issue

Gender At Work Is Not A Women’s Issue

by The Daily Eye Team November 24 2015, 4:55 pm Estimated Reading Time: 0 mins, 40 secs

Is gender a women’s issue? Many women still seem to think so. Which is why many men think so too.  At a huge tech conference last month, I was invited to give a speech on “Women in Tech.” Given this (typical) label, it attracted a majority of women. I assumed that the men attending would be a fairly progressive subset, and there to learn something about how to get a bit more balance in their male-dominated sector. So I was taken aback to hear the aggressive tone with which some of the women addressed their colleagues: “What are you doing here?” “This isn’t for you.” “This is the only place at this conference for women.”

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