THE FATBOY SHOW : Mark Zuckerberg says most companies need more 'masculine energy'.

A slew of billionaire tech bro-led companies,from Amazon to Meta, have recently announced the scrapping of schemes designed to make the workplace fairer for all – with Facebook founder and Instagram CEO, Mark Zuckerberg, recently saying "a lot of the corporate world is pretty culturally neutered" and that it needs "more masculine energy" via Joe Rogan's podcast.

A new Meta statement explained the company will "no longer have a team focussed on DEI" (diversity, equality and inclusion), is ending its related training programmes and will no longer ensure diverse candidates are in the mix when recruiting, saying some have a "charged" view of DEI as a concept. Some corners of the internet have nicknamed the acronym 'Didn't Earn It'.

But back to the podcast: "Masculine energy is good and obviously society has plenty of that, but I think corporate culture is really trying to get away from it," Zuckerberg also said with a smile. "It's one thing to say we want to be welcoming and make a good environment for everyone, and I think it's another to basically say that masculinity is bad. And I just think we kind of swung culturally to that part of the spectrum, where it's like 'masculinity is toxic, we have to get rid of it completely', it's like 'no, both of these things are good'."

During the interview Zuckerberg also said, "I think having a culture that celebrates the aggression a bit more has its own merits that are really positive."