• roofuskit@lemmy.world
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    19 days ago

    That it’s less than half is an achievement at this point. A sad and fucked up achievement, but an improvement nonetheless.

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      18 days ago

      I wonder how tightly focused the term “gender discrimination” is. Not every woman I know in my company has been discriminated against for job opportunities, and not every woman I know in my company has experienced sexual harassment, but if “discrimination” includes harassment then I would guess it is above 50%.

      • ScoffingLizard@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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        18 days ago

        You don’t know when it happens. After working for a very, very long time, I’ve realized that hidden relationships are all around you. Those networks absorb opportunities that you could have. The Good Ole Boys club is real shit.

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          18 days ago

          that is gender agnostic. as s man i can tell you I’ve been excluded from most opportunities because i am not socially skilled.

          on the flip, I’ve neen told by appartment owners that i can’t live there because he felt the other renters (women, all) eould be uncomfortable with a man as a neighbor.

          i did not go to the equal opportunity organization to complain. besides, as a man i’d be laughed at and dismissed anyway.

          Women currently dominate the job market and educational institutions both as students and teachers. women get the vast majority of grants and discounts for college.

          it’s really men who are being discriminated against because “patriarchy”. i am an ex-feminist, btw.

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              11 days ago

              ehile men still outnumber women in participation rate, men are leaving the job market in larger numbers due to layoffs, and probably other reasons.

              labor force ttus of women and men, September 2026

              it’s a woman’s economy now

              as for educational support, this has been a commonly known fact for years now.

              more women get aid, though the awards are a bit lower than men.

              Gender Differences in Financial Aid Awards

              pell grants are more lopsided.

              Pell’s $6 Billion Dollar Gender Gap

              • ScoffingLizard@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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                9 days ago

                I just heard a guy complain about student aid disparities tonight. In the US, I wish they would limit that to black folks and natives. Asian kids and Indian folks getting scholarships without performance over white guys who do well is ridiculous, but blacks and native are owed a bit of leverage as reparations and to level the playing field. I know that’s unpopular, but there, I said it.

                I’m in engineering, and it’s hard to succeed as a woman in some places. It seems culture specific since I transferred to a different state and experienced a much different situation.

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                  3 days ago

                  i am nit denying that there is discrimination, I’m just pointing out that on average the discrmination goes the other way in recent decades. i am (was) a tech worker. I’m now too old to be hired - another discrimination problem.

                  if you do a bit of reasearch, you wil find some horror stories from men who are or tried to be elementary school teachers. also, nursing is female dominated and I’ve seen a few unpleasant testimonials. don’t have verfied numbers at hand, but thise shoukd show therlther those are edge cases or common.