Ducks in a Row: Ageism/Sexism—Cause and Effect
by Miki SaxonAs I wrote yesterday’s post, I had a personal epiphany regarding the cause and effect that has driven/is driving the escalation of ageism and sexism in the tech world.
I’m not saying I’m the first person to think of it, but I also haven’t seen or heard it put this simply.
It probably applies more to the tech world, because this is the first time in history that success—in the form of money, profile and influence—has come to a large number of people sans the experience that leads to maturity.
Moreover, many of them come from economically secure/elite backgrounds and are the children of the majority in control—mostly white and male.
What you have are thousands of boys in men’s bodies who suddenly have the financial ability to do what they want.
And what they want is to continue their frat boy life substituting work for school, but with the same partying, pranks, attitudes and immaturity of the collegiate fraternity boys they were.
It is a proven biological fact that males mature at a later age than females.
Generally speaking, 18-24-year-old males aren’t known for their sensitivity or respect, let alone any kind of deep thinking.
They are known for their insecurity, irresponsibility, partying, randy mindset, dismissal of everyone outside their small circle and generally oafish behavior.
So when they trade school for work, yet have the opportunity to do so without losing their previous mindset, why would you expect them to create an environment that was different from their college days?
Or want to invite people in and spend time around those who don’t share that mentality?
Flickr image credit: speedywithchicken
April 17th, 2014 at 1:16 am
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