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At the end of her #NeurIPS2019 talk on how we come to know about the world, @celestekidd takes a moment to comment on the "climate for men" that #MeToo has created and what people don't know about it. @NeurIPSConf @WomenInCogSci #WiML2019 @AnnOlivarius @ucberkely @BerkeleyPsych
In science and tech, "people believe that men are being fired for subtle comments or minor jokes, or just plain kindness or cordial behavior. This perception makes people very nervous. What I want to say today to all of the men in the room is that you have been misled."
"The truth is this: it takes an incredible--truly immense--amount of mistreatment before women complain. No woman in tech wants to file a complaint because they know the consequences of doing so. The most likely outcome---by far---is that they will be retaliated against."
