Google
Total Employees: 48,600
Pct. Male Employees: 70%
In the article, "Exposing Hidden Bias at Google," the author is claiming that Google favors men over women. He has reason to claim this because Google's workforce consists of mainly men, as shown in the data above. Not only that, but sexist comments in the Google workplace are made too often.
Obviously, Google is doing wrong for just hiring men to work for them. A person should be hired for his/her skill and intellect, not for his/her gender. It is not fair to the women who go into tech, especially the ones who actually should be hired, the ones with the most intellect.
http://mobile.nytimes.com/2014/09/25/technology/exposing-hidden-biases-at-google-to-improve-diversity.html?_r=1&referrer=
I downloaded this image directly from the article because it caught my eye and this image perfectly represents the bias in the Google workplace. The two drawings represent the Android logo if it had a gender, with the male one on the left, and the female one on the right.
The reason why the male logo is only used is because of sexism. Android does not see the female logo as one that could attract people to buy Android phones.
In conclusion, people with a good work ethic and a strong intellect should be hired for jobs, no matter what gender. Gender in no way can affect the creativity and progress of the job being done, and thinking so reveals a hidden bias.
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ReplyDelete@Miguel, you can.
DeleteOn the contrary, I think the android logo does not exhibit a bias in gender. I have to admit, the green figure with straight lines does resembles a male's outline. However, this is probably to achieve a clean design. Irina Bloc, the android designer who thought up the logo. constructed numerous prototype designs of goofy looking robots. In the end, the company made the choice of using the Android logo that we are all familiar with. "I think the simplicity of this mark really made a statement", said Bloc.
ReplyDeleteI only decided to use that image because it piqued my interest, actually. It started making me wonder why the Android logo wasn't the pink one, like I think that could be another example of gender-related bias, but that's just me.
DeleteI really like the way you incorporated data as the primary piece in your commentary. It caught my eye immediately and made me want to read on. I also like how fluid your transition was from the data and how you used it to support your claim.
ReplyDeleteI agree how you included the Android logo in your claim. It would be nice if some major companies, not just tech companies, who use a male as a logo would make a female logo as well.
ReplyDeleteI also agreed that Google favors men over women; however, I just wish that there would be a little more statistics to support your claim. Overall, it was great.