All else aside, do "secretary pools" even still exist? At the very least I've never come across any at any of the companies I've worked for. I am near certain they do not exist at my current company; I've interacted with "executive support teams" (not called that, each individual on those 'teams' has their own job title and role) on several occasions and none were what I would call a "secretary pool".
> All else aside, do "secretary pools" even still exist?
Mostly, pools of clerical support staff have been both subject to reduced demand and outsourcing so that capacity is provided at-need from temporary/staffing services (though I've encountered some places -- specifically universities -- that have their own temporary employment pools that include, but are not limited to, clerical staff.)
I have first hand experience of sexism levelled at various female colleagues and students of mine in computer science academia. I don't feel the particular urge to write out their stories in depth here, as you can find such stories everywhere, but they certainly occur
Repeatedly verified statistics from good samples gathered as a result of experiments with controls.
>I have first hand experience of sexism levelled at various female colleagues and students of mine in computer science academia.
There is a tendency for certain personality types to lump every petty slight and personal disappointment together under "sexism", without any sort of critical reflection. The original question requiring evidence was regarding hiring discrimination in game studios. I am not aware of any game studio which even has a "secretary pool".
> I am not aware of any game studio which even has a "secretary pool".
There doesn't have to be an actual secretary pool available for a manager to make a dismissive comment to a female engineering applicant that that's where they should instead be applying.
Just like Hell doesn't need to exist -- either in reality or even in the speaker's belief -- for someone to dismiss someone with "go to Hell".
> Repeatedly verified statistics from good samples gathered as a result of experiments with controls.
Many parts of sexism are day-to-day personal interactions, those kind of things are hard to measure.
> There is a tendency for certain personality types to lump every petty slight and personal disappointment together under "sexism", without any sort of critical reflection.
I'm going to need some repeatedly verified statistics from good samples gathered as a result of experiments with controls for that claim.
"I just said she had nice tits. How is that sexism?"
I'm sure that's just a "petty slight" and "personal disappointment."
Sexism comes in many flavours, from overt to thousands of little attacks that don't stop coming. Sometimes you just need to put things in perspective: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V4UWxlVvT1A
