This Man's Heavily Sexist Comment About Women In Coding Is Being Called Out, And Rightly So
A tech YouTuber who goes by the name of 'TechLead Patrick Shyu' is being called out for tweets targetting female programmers. An ex-Google and ex-Meta employee, Shyu spoke about how women shouldn't do coding, and that programming wasn't meant for them.
A tech YouTuber who goes by the name of 'TechLead Patrick Shyu' is being called out for tweets targetting female programmers. An ex-Google and ex-Meta employee, Shyu spoke about how women shouldn't do coding, and that programming wasn't meant for them.
In a sexist Twitter thread, he revealed some highly berating stances and regressive judgement that is outright hazardous to society.
"They (women) come back obsolete & outdated"
He wrote, "Women shouldn't code... perhaps be influencers/creators instead. It's their natural strength.
Coding is a brutal 24/7 job, mutually exclusive with motherhood - after 9-months maternity leave, they come back obsolete & outdated. Elon Musk even says birth rate is falling too much."
Women shouldn't code... perhaps be influencers/creators instead. It's their natural strength.
¡ª TechLead (@techleadhd) May 21, 2022
Coding is a brutal 24/7 job, mutually exclusive with motherhood - after 9-months maternity leave, they come back obsolete & outdated. Elon Musk even says birth rate is falling too much.
"No one wants to see a pregnant woman on the battlefield"
While comparing tech and coding directly to motherhood, he shared his thoughts on how women who choose this career are "fools". He also used the very outdated analogy of how "no one wants to see a pregnant woman on the battlefield," thereby reducing a woman's entire identity and purpose to that one act of birth-giving.
This isn't discrimination. It's like women soldiers - no one wants to see a pregnant woman on the battlefield.
¡ª TechLead (@techleadhd) May 21, 2022
Do it if you want and we'll support your choice, but... men don't choose between family or career. Only a fool chooses career.
"A woman should prioritize being a good mother and wife"
"We asked for women influencers and instead got ¡°independent women¡± in pants suits. Independence does not exist if you want a family. A woman should prioritize being a good mother and wife, not a coding machine. ¡°Mother/Wife¡± is a great job,¡± Shyu wrote.
No one asked for women programmers. We asked for women influencers and instead got "independent women" in pants suits. Independence does not exist if you want a family.
¡ª TechLead (@techleadhd) May 21, 2022
A woman should prioritize being a good mother and wife, not a coding machine. "Mother/Wife" is a great job.
"Cannot recommend coding to any woman"
To top it, he justified and said, "I'm just giving a voice to all the silenced mothers who were forced out of their jobs. Tech is hostile to mothers. We need to acknowledge that. When we do, we can create change (like part-time remote work). As it is, I cannot recommend coding to any woman."
Here's also a video explanation:
Here's the video explanation: https://t.co/mcSniP7N4b
¡ª TechLead (@techleadhd) May 21, 2022
Twitterati is enraged
When it came to these tweets, his argument was met not only with female opposition, but also with so many men who were equally enraged by this man's unabashed misogyny:
Imagine men taking care of their own kids. Yeah I married a man who cooks and cleans, we actually work as a unit, and not two seperate people raising a child. I worked 70 hour weeks when I needed to, to make money for my family, because my husband couldn¡¯t earn as much. Family.
¡ª Skeptical Drop Bear she/her (@skepticdropbear) May 22, 2022
¡°No one wants a pregnant woman in a battlefield¡±- I agree no one but coding is not a battlefield. It¡¯s a simple 9-5 job where we work, enjoy and network,
¡ª Nida Khan ???¡â? (@nidaslife23) May 22, 2022
"Men don't choose between family or career"
¡ª M.Bryson (@mbryson_) May 22, 2022
I would be exceptionally surprised if any self respecting individual wanted to start a family with you after hearing this take.
Contrary to popular belief, women do not spend their entire lives pregnant.
¡ª Burt Rock (5x) (@BurtRock69) May 22, 2022
Also, men absolutely choose between family and career. There's a good reason the "absent father" is a common experience. Because men are encouraged to choose their careers.
the first ever programmer was literally a woman https://t.co/4RxYbRBfTw
¡ª kits austen (@anyasbarbie) May 23, 2022
Patrick Shyu is a US-based engineer and has been running a tech youtube channel. Earlier, he was a software developer, former tech lead and software engineer at Google and Facebook, and a YouTuber. Reports have revealed that Patrick ¡®TechLead¡¯ Shyu, was earlier fired from his job at Facebook, as the company didn¡¯t approve of his youtube channel.
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