Clay Shirky’s ‘A Rant Against Women’
The time has come for all you to read Clay Shirky’s A Rant Against Women his essay where he proclaims women could do with a healthy dose of assertive self-promotion and general braggery to get ahead in the world. In fact, I quote:
This worry isn’t about psychology; I’m not concerned that women don’t engage in enough building of self-confidence or self-esteem. I’m worried about something much simpler: not enough women have what it takes to behave like arrogant self-aggrandizing jerks.
I offer this up to you without any editorializing or comment (which is really hard because I’m generally known as a strident, vocal feminist). Regardless of my point of view, it’s the discussion that is important especially in industries dominated by men (both tech and advertising).
More interesting than Shirky’s original rant is the discussion going on in the comments section. It really is worth your time to read and will shed light on the issues women in tech (and business in general) face and how men feel about those issues. I know, I know there’s 338 comments thus far, so you’d better get started with page 1 right here.
