Women working in Silicon Valley are facing a blacklash following a series of scandals involving sexual discrimination and harassment. Men’s rights activists claim that numbers at their meetings in the sector are rising, with many identifying as “contrarians” to signal their opposition to “diversity dogma”. Those holding such views have been galvanised by the case of James Damore, an engineer fired by Google after he wrote a memo arguing that women were biologically less capable of engineering than men. years, two male employees of Yahoo sued the firm for gender discrimination.
Women working in Silicon Valley are facing a blacklash following a series of scandals involving sexual discrimination and harassment. Men’s rights activists claim that numbers at their meetings in the sector are rising, with many identifying as “contrarians” to signal their opposition to “diversity dogma”. Those holding such views have been galvanised by the case of James Damore, an engineer fired by Google after he wrote a memo arguing that women were biologically less capable of engineering than men. Last year, two male employees of Yahoo sued the firm for gender discrimination.