Many Google employees disagree with the firing of the memo writer

[VGPolyglot]

Aeolus451 said:

VGPolyglot said:

That's assuming that the women and men were under the same pressure. There is a common belief that women cannot accomplish as much as men, or that women aern't able to handle stress is well. Having to deal with that stigma, and having to worry about it, creates an extra level of stress.

Pressure as you put it would be more an individual issue because each person's situation is different and how they handle pressure is also different so no two are under the same pressure so to speak. That so called "extra level of stress" is not a justifiable reason to call out of work or get a pass on silly behavior. I'm sure there was guys who didn't like the memo but they didn't call out of work because it upset them. Based on what most of the haters of the memo are saying everywhere, they didn't even read the damn thing. 

 Only way to prove that a stigma is wrong is by being a walking contradiction to it, not by reinforcing it.  

 

Ah yes, that's easy to say when you don't have to deal with those issues.