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The gender diversity debate at workplaces

Discrimination does exist at the workplace, but it's wrong to blame the management alone

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Shyamal Majumdar
It’s inconceivable that 28-year-old Google employee James Damore didn’t know that he would be sacked after his idiotic criticism of the company’s “women-friendly” gender diversity policies. Damore had argued that biological reasons might explain the under-representation of women in the tech industry, causing widespread outrage inside and outside Google.
 
The latest controversy comes at a time when Silicon Valley has been grappling with accusations of sexual harassment in companies like Uber and pay disparities between men and women employees.
 
The sad reality, however, is that Damore’s comments are only a reflection of the ingrained and entrenched gender-based stereotypes
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