I know this is reviving an old thread, but I wanted to post this.
https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2017/04/why-is-silicon-valley-so-awful-to-women/517788/
I think since I was first posting on this thread, I’ve seen a lot more of this in companies, and I think that the professional world doesn’t appear to be any better than the academics before it. I believe I made points against that before which are pretty naive in retrospect. This article also discusses the perceived meritocracy in tech and its effects.