In the tech industry, there are more men than women and tales of sexism abound.
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Thanks to new anonymous apps like Secret, more appalling stories are coming to light.
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Part of the problem is that some men in tech think of women differently. This person, for example, likens women to 3D printers.
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Men know the ratio of women in tech needs to be changed, and sometimes that freaks them out.
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Some men think they're being respectful of women and supporting them. But this kind of thinking actually has the opposite effect:
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Some men don't understand that they shouldn't hit on female subordinates within their companies.
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This Secret led a former Github employee, Julie Ann Horvath, to spill lots of stories of sexism within her former Silicon Valley company.![secret sexism](https://static-ssl.businessinsider.com/image/53737110eab8ea5b2d5e1015-510-509/screen%20shot%202014-05-14%20at%209.09.55%20am.png)
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Some of the sexism stories make the tech industry sound like high school, where guys brag about hookups that didn't happen.![secret sexism](https://static-ssl.businessinsider.com/image/53737110ecad0469500d6775-512-510/screen%20shot%202014-05-14%20at%209.27.05%20am.png)
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A lot of the shocking stories about women in tech occur when female founders are trying to fundraise.
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The founder of e-commerce company Nasty Gal, Sophia Amoruso, recounted a strange story during her fundraising process:
"One investor left me a strange late-night voice mail and then apologized for it on the phone the next day. 'Sorry about that,' he said. 'I was all messed up on Percocet and Jack Daniels.'"
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Recruiting can also be difficult for women in tech. This email was sent to the CEO of Locket, Yunha Kim:
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Sometimes, women say they're reprimanded for speaking out about inequalities in tech.
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