[safek]

So, after all the virtuous hate for Uber has subsided, is anyone going to address the elephant in the room that what he said was statistically true?

Edit: Looks like the evidence isn't on my side on this one. Ok, it's been addressed; I've changed my mind on the matter.

[sctb]

The problem with this comment is that it's uncivil, baselessly inflammatory, and launches the discussion right into generic flamewar territory—territory that Hacker News needs to spend exactly zero time in. Please don't post like this again.

[safek]

Sorry. I wrote it impulsively and thoughtlessly.

[valbaca]

How about you educate yourself first: http://web.stanford.edu/~eckert/PDF/JamesDrakich.pdf

Nearly every study shows that men talk as much as women, if not more than women. However, men see their talk as "important networking and collaboration" and women's talk as "unimportant trivia and gossip"

[thebiglebrewski]

You just don't get it. Who cares if its true! Try, for a moment, to put yourself in the shoes of someone of the opposite gender (I assume you're a man) and imagine how that would make you feel about joining a company board after all that's happened with Uber so far on the sexism and gender discrimination front. If you did, you'd never have written this comment...but you seem to have an empathy issue.

[Houshalter]

I really really doubt anyone would care if someone made a similar joke about men. At best someone would note that it's hypocritical like I am, but not actually be personally offended. Some women make comments like that all the time and no one cares.

[tunesmith]

Let's try and take this apart.

"It is statistically true that women speak more than men" [1], therefore it is wholly appropriate for this guy to crack this comment as a joke, interrupting a woman talking about the benefits of more women on the board, at an event specifically about sexual harassment.

Is that your argument?

[1] Is bullshit, by the way. Studies vary widely, and in some studies indicate that it depends on context to a degree that the conclusion that "women talk more" is basically meaningless.

[AstralStorm]

There is talk and there is communication.

I am not aware of studies validating the quality of conversations between sexes. Which means someone should record what a random sample of CEOs say and reasonably classify it.

[simen]

Curious to see the studies that prove that. Got any citations?

[CameronBanga]

I'm an Uber recruiter, are you interested in a job opportunity?