I agree with the commenter who points out that the culture is not dominant, and if it's that bad, it won't have much acceptance.
And all who care of the sexism in IT, geek culture, etc., should turn themselves to the core problem. Use the Japanese method: ask 5 questions "why?"
Why are geeks so sexist? They see women first of all as a sexual object.
Why they do this? Because this is what they want. They are sexually hungry young men.
Why are they sexually hungry? They don't have much dating and sex. I admit that some guys are ok in this area and just misbehave.
Why do they have issues? Because they're geeks, and geeks are uncool, not sexually attractive.
Now, start curing this issue, not telling them to behave.
If a person is depressed, up to having no appetite, it's a common complaint from the relatives that the sick person is mistreating them, doesn't want to talk, closes the door, etc. Do you think a depression can be solved by telling that person to behave? Or by telling "life goes on", "birds are tweeting, ha ha"? No. It still doesn't make that person's needs met.
Yet when it comes to social phoenomena, the treatment that is zealously promoted is to treat the outcomes, not the source.
So, I suggest to the IT industry managers: start making your nerds' needs met. I don't know how. Hire a prostitute? May be valid in some special cases. Make a dating event? Maybe. Hire a psychologist? Can be useful. Make a party with a most-women company? Maybe.
Basically, I think it's worth trying to let them have more dating and learn some social skills. (This all has to be in a very delicate way, of course.) But stop teaching people how to live. If you don't like how they behave, fire them, don't try to become a father who dislikes his son but keeps living together. (This is exactly what the article says: I hate this, but I stay!)
The point of the five whys is to elicit insight and fact, not stuff you just make up.
It turns out that guys who get laid are also often sexist, so your theory is bunk. There are also plenty of guys who don't get laid who aren't assholes to women.
When you got to the notion that IT managers should create a culture of respect for women by hiring prostitutes for their most sexist male employees, you should have realized that you had approximately no idea what you were talking about.
We did hire a prostitute for a depressed friend to make him feel better. Not openly. I have no idea how it works for your company, that's why I wrote "maybe".
Your trying to be judgemental and look down on everyone around completely discredits your arguments.
And all who care of the sexism in IT, geek culture, etc., should turn themselves to the core problem. Use the Japanese method: ask 5 questions "why?"
Why are geeks so sexist? They see women first of all as a sexual object.
Why they do this? Because this is what they want. They are sexually hungry young men.
Why are they sexually hungry? They don't have much dating and sex. I admit that some guys are ok in this area and just misbehave.
Why do they have issues? Because they're geeks, and geeks are uncool, not sexually attractive.
Now, start curing this issue, not telling them to behave.
If a person is depressed, up to having no appetite, it's a common complaint from the relatives that the sick person is mistreating them, doesn't want to talk, closes the door, etc. Do you think a depression can be solved by telling that person to behave? Or by telling "life goes on", "birds are tweeting, ha ha"? No. It still doesn't make that person's needs met.
Yet when it comes to social phoenomena, the treatment that is zealously promoted is to treat the outcomes, not the source.
So, I suggest to the IT industry managers: start making your nerds' needs met. I don't know how. Hire a prostitute? May be valid in some special cases. Make a dating event? Maybe. Hire a psychologist? Can be useful. Make a party with a most-women company? Maybe.
Basically, I think it's worth trying to let them have more dating and learn some social skills. (This all has to be in a very delicate way, of course.) But stop teaching people how to live. If you don't like how they behave, fire them, don't try to become a father who dislikes his son but keeps living together. (This is exactly what the article says: I hate this, but I stay!)
Solve the real issue, make their needs met.