Soraya Chemaly : Twitter , on verge of IPO , is under fire with leadership that 's virtually all male . She says it reflects larger dearth of women in tech , media fields -- 6 % of tech professionals are women . She says sexism abounds in male - dominated field and media investment , driving women out . Chemaly : Third , while we think of Twitter as a tech company , it is a media company and part of a larger environment that does little to correct its failure at diversity . Controlling women 's voices makes men keepers of secrets , keeps sexist status secret .
Soraya Chemaly : Twitter , on verge of IPO , is under fire with leadership that 's virtually all male . She says it reflects larger dearth of women in tech , media fields -- 6 % of tech professionals are women . She says sexism abounds in male - dominated field and media investment , driving women out . Chemaly : Controlling women 's voices makes men keepers of secrets , keeps sexist status secret .