Media Laps Up Another Panic-Fueled Survey on Sexism in Tech

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'Yet another dubious report claiming to show widespread sexism in Silicon Valley has been published, and the tech press is characteristically lapping it up.

The survey, given the headline-friendly title “The Elephant in the Valley,” is scarcely academic, consisting of a collection of stories published on a purpose-built website. It nonetheless contains a number of eye-grabbing statistics: 90 percent of respondents claimed they had witnessed sexist behaviour at work, 87 percent reported demeaning comments from male colleagues, and 65 percent reported unwanted sexual advances.

Upon closer examination, however, the survey — and, by extension, its findings — is riddled with basic flaws.'