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I can't find any info on the person being sued, but his firstname suggest Indian ancestry. So there seems to be this case, Ellen Pao's and Vic Gundotra at Google? Coincidence?

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Unless you have some hard evidence that Indian men are more sexist than other men then, yes, coincidence.

I don't have hard evidence, but a parallel story has been unfolding since about a year about the rampant and brutal rapes in ... India.

I think you might have just accidentally racist there.

Not every male of Indian ancestry is a brutal rapist, nor should every male of Indian ancestry be singled out as a potential sexist because of brutal rapes happening in India.

I am not implying anything about every male of Indian ancestry. I am just pointing out that in the last 3 sexual harassment cases from SV, Indian males seem to be involved.

The last 3 sexual harassment cases you heard about. I'd bet real money there are many more you haven't.

For sure. You seem to imply this would change the balance. But you don't know either.

They have 18% of the world's population, so having 18% of the world's rapes would mean they are average in terms of sexual violence.

The country certainly has a more conservative culture when it comes to gender. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Culture_of_India#Family_structu...

Like this?:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gender_inequality_in_India

India ranked 101 out of 136 countries in 2013.

it seems 51 members of the team are sued..what are the odds that all are Indians??

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