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		philangist on March 19, 2014 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Lessons from a Silicon Valley job search Sexism is a problem in the tech world, but I think some people also just love to be offended. Bill Burr calls it being 'professionally outraged'.

crassus on March 19, 2014 [–]

How do you know sexism is a particular problem in the tech world? Unequal representation of some particular demographic group is not sufficient evidence for discrimination.

GFK_of_xmaspast on March 19, 2014 | [–]

How about "by paying attention."

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