The mechanisms used to get rid of women in tech are interesting:
1. The Uber Culture of predatory sexual harassment that Susan Fowler endured
https://www.latimes.com/entertainment-arts/story/2020-02-20/susan-fowler-uber-book-whistleblower-tech
https://gizmodo.com/ex-uber-engineer-says-the-company-has-a-culture-of-sexu-1792536942
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/02/19/business/uber-sexual-harassment-investigation.html
https://www.npr.org/2019/12/19/789949239/uber-to-pay-4-4-million-to-employees-who-were-sexually-harassed-at-work
2. "Invisible" office work like arranging social events, getting coffee, or taking notes
https://medium.com/womenintechnology/the-invisible-weight-carried-by-high-performing-women-in-tech-34216bbb9602
https://www.forbes.com/sites/christinecarter/2026/05/11/women-leaders-say-ai-workplaces-are-intensifying-invisible-labor/
3. "Too valuable where you are" & non-promotable tasks
https://medium.com/tech-diversity-files/the-real-reason-women-quit-tech-and-how-to-address-it-6dfb606929fd
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