{"id":487,"date":"2014-05-05T00:44:09","date_gmt":"2014-05-05T00:44:09","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/discriminationandsexualharassmentlawyers.com\/?p=487"},"modified":"2021-06-01T15:19:14","modified_gmt":"2021-06-01T15:19:14","slug":"the-tech-industry-produces-new-gadgets-daily-but-remains-an-old-boys-network","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dev.discriminationandsexualharassmentlawyers.com\/es\/the-tech-industry-produces-new-gadgets-daily-but-remains-an-old-boys-network\/","title":{"rendered":"The Tech Industry Produces New Gadgets Daily, But Remains an Old Boys\u2019 Network"},"content":{"rendered":"

The National Center for Women & Information Technology (NCWIT) estimates that women hold only 26 percent of computing-related jobs, despite making up 51 percent of the workforce. Companies have sometimes cited women\u2019s lack of interest in technology. Parents, schools and society are typically blamed for the computer science gender gap.
\nBut an article published by the New York Times<\/i> this April points to another reason \u2014 women often leave the tech field because of its hostile work environment<\/a>. According to the NYT, when women leave science, engineering and technology (S.E.T.) position, 51 percent move into a non-S.E.T. job \u2014 seven percent take a non-S.E.T. job within the same company, 24 percent take a non-S.E.T. job at another employer and 20 percent take time out of the workforce.
\nDescribed as a \u201cbro culture,\u201d women cite pervasive sexual harassment and discrimination in the workplace. Some of the behaviors that turn a place of business hostile or uncomfortable include the following:<\/p>\n