Female engineers call for CEO of engineering body to be fired for his sexist article
In an article in Civil Engineering magazine, Manglin Pillay asks whether SA should invest in women in science and maths because they are predisposed to 'caring and people' careers
The backlash over a "misogynistic article" about women in the engineering industry has led to a petition calling for the removal of Manglin Pillay as CEO of the South African Institute of Civil Engineering (Saice). Pillay penned an article in the July issue of Civil Engineering magazine questioning whether SA should invest in women in science‚ technology‚ engineering and mathematics because they were more "predisposed" to "caring and people" careers. The article was also posted on his LinkedIn account. In it‚ he said "most women" at a certain age "prefer to work part-time or dedicate themselves completely to child rearing or pursuing other meaningful exploits generally related to caring"‚ the Sunday Times reported at the weekend. Saice’s executive board distanced itself from the article‚ saying it was "horrified" and "unfortunate". Saice will hold an emergency board meeting on Wednesday to address the furore around the article. WomEng‚ an organisation that deals with issues faced by...
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