Sadly I don't see this scenario changing any time soon, the reason being that so far, for these guys, the rewards are much greater than the risk.
The rewards would be (male) peer approval and easy relief during presentations, whereas right now there seems to be little risk of either law suit or peer reprehension.
So, since these guys don't really think of women as people, they don't see any harm done.
It's actually a horrible picture of just how much non-empathic an adult can be and still function well in our culture.
The fastest way to revert this is to get many male tech guys to acknowledge the problem enough to publicly reprehend them. That way the rewards are thinned for the sexist presenter. He may carry on to be a jerk, but won't gain as much from being a public jerk.
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Sadly I don't see this scenario changing any time soon, the reason being that so far, for these guys, the rewards are much greater than the risk.
The rewards would be (male) peer approval and easy relief during presentations, whereas right now there seems to be little risk of either law suit or peer reprehension.
So, since these guys don't really think of women as people, they don't see any harm done.
It's actually a horrible picture of just how much non-empathic an adult can be and still function well in our culture.
The fastest way to revert this is to get many male tech guys to acknowledge the problem enough to publicly reprehend them. That way the rewards are thinned for the sexist presenter. He may carry on to be a jerk, but won't gain as much from being a public jerk.