I don’t doubt that sexism and anti-LGBT sentiment was much more prevalent back then. But can someone fill me in on the landscape nowadays? I’ve hopped around a few notable companies and have seen nothing but acceptance at minimum. Many of them have gone above and beyond with dedicated groups and communities within the company for identity. Out of three employers I’ve had two female director of engineering, and only one cis white male direct manager. I’ve made some non-straight friends and while they still face challenges, they’ve never talked about being uncomfortable at work.
Sorry if it seems like an aside. Reading this article made me curious.
I can say that I’ve seen blatant sexism at a place I worked previously. It often felt like being back at college working with friends in a frat.
Often fun, but I was glad when a female intern complained and they took cleaning things up seriously. That was within the last 5 yrs.
Apparently this was something that was an issue talked about among the women at the workplace for awhile and I only became privy much later when hanging with some of them outside of work and presumably they felt comfortable speaking about it.
Personally I’ve only worked with one person I think I’d feel comfortable discussing any discrimination I’ve faced.
I suspect that’s pretty common, not that discrimination is necessarily common but that people feel uncomfortable talking about it.
Sorry if it seems like an aside. Reading this article made me curious.