Apple scientist's success dismissed as 'sleeping her way up', sparking sexism debate
negar_rz · x · 2026-09-10
Developer Negar discusses pervasive sexism in tech. She quotes a post about Maryam Azimi, a PhD-holding Senior Scientist at Apple who presented the new iPhone's photography innovations on stage, yet was credited by some men only with 'sleeping with the right people'.
She shares her own experience: during a mock interview she ran with a male colleague shadowing, the interviewee directed every answer to her male colleague, treating her like a note-taker. She notes this bias — the inability to imagine a woman might simply be good at her work — extends well beyond Iranian society into the global tech industry.
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