Starting Up

Link to Article: “Gangbang Interviews” And “Bikini Shots”: Silicon Valley’s Brogrammer Problem 

“‘Brogrammer’ isn’t an exclusionary term,” wrote a commenter identifying himself as “Toronto Brogrammer” on a recent Businessweek story. “The female equivalent is called a ‘hogrammer’ and I have big respect for women that wear that badge proudly.” “Proglamming” and “brogramette” have also been tossed out…

Mother Jones has published a nice exposé on specific instances of the rampant sexism in the tech industry. I’ve addressed it once on this blog here. I think what’s especially illuminating is that these male programmers frequently use the “You’d realize he’s not sexist at all if you just got to know him” defense. This is the best evidence that they don’t understand what sexism means.