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Everything you say there is a negative stereotype based on gender.  That's not appropriate to express in the workplace (unless you happen to be a gender stereotype researcher).  The standard for racial/gender harassment under the law is not &quot;can I pull some crappy ass, non-replicable social science study out to support my viewpoint?&quot;  It's &quot;is this a gender-based statement that creates a hostile work environment for women.&quot;  Damore (and yourself) are free to debate the &quot;science&quot; ALL you want on your own time (you're wrong, BTW) but it's not ok to  go around making statements about how women are biologically unsuited to the job and leadership at work.

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You keep repeating I am wrong. Please provide some meta studies that show it. You won't because you are blind to it because of your political viewpoint.

The overwhelming number of studies do not show an even distribution.  You can argue whether or not you feel they're non-signifigant statistically (it depends on the threshold they use). Some studies argue exactly that, some feel it is signifigant enough, [u]but to deny there is no science is utterly wrong,[/u] and laughable if you can spend 5 minutes on lexis-nexis.

Damore himself says the following:

[quote]We all have biases and use motivated reasoning to dismiss ideas that run counter to our internal values. Just as some on the Right deny science that runs counter to the “God &gt; humans &gt; environment” hierarchy (e.g., evolution and climate change) the Left tends to deny science concerning biological differences between people (e.g., IQ[8] and sex differences). Thankfully, climate scientists and evolutionary biologists generally aren’t on the right. Unfortunately, the overwhelming majority of humanities and social scientists learn left (about 95%), which creates enormous confirmation bias, changes what’s being studied, and maintains myths like social constructionism and the gender wage gap[9]. Google’s left leaning makes us blind to this bias and uncritical of its results, which we’re using to justify highly politicized programs.[/quote]

You do realise why he wrote this rant?  It was because of increased politicization of the TGIF meetings which he and others claim went from being based upon technology developments to spending half the time advocating a particular political point. of view.  That could be considered  illegal under CA law and he filed an NRLB lawsuit related to his experiences prior to being fired.

Its my understanding that California employees are entitled to special protections of their political rights under Labor Code Sections 1101 and 1102, which were passed in 1937. These provisions protect employees from being retaliated against, excluded from, or controlled by their employers with regard to the employees' political affiliations and actions. Section 1101 bars rules, regulations or policies that would forbid or prevent employees from engaging or participating in politics or from running for office. Section 1101 also prohibits companies from directing or controlling an employee's political activities and even from &quot;tending&quot; to do so. [i]Section 1102 bars employers from coercing, influencing, or attempting to coerce or influence an employee's politics by threatening to fire the employee.
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Given that google managers have compiled blacklists regarding employees with a conservative perspective, threatened to fire them and blacklist them in the industry, it doesn't bode well. Likewise I don't know enough about labour law, but that doesn't look good when he was fired AFTER filing the compliant.

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