Over and over, people asked the questions “why do you think there are fewer women in tech”, “what can we do to bring more number of women into the tech industry”. And I’m like, what you are asking me is not a one line answer I could give and you will probably not like the answer. The question, in fact, should be “why less women everywhere, in all fields, except home making” To understand the answer, thought I would share this: https://www.quora.com/If-men-and-women-are-equal-how-did-the-society-become-patriarchal-in-the-first-place-almost-all-around-the-world/answer/Feifei-Wang-6?ch=10&share=9bab9d07&srid=JRYm PS: not trying to start a gender war. And don’t comment unless you read answer in the link above, not here for ignorant audience.
oh boy the neckbeards will be flocking to this one to post thoughtful responses for sure
"neckbeard" = person whose argument I am unable to contend with I really hate people like you because you truly possess no independent rationality or thought. Then again maybe that's why you work at Microsoft.
LOL no. Neckbeard = person who actually isn't informed about a subject but believes he is. Is so uniformed that he can't realize he lost the argument 30 minutes ago and doesn't understand why everybody is now making fun of him
Same reason as why there are more blacks in basketball
Oh, you mean, because historically basketball was, (and still is)— a low barrier to entry / low cost inexpensive sport. As opposed to hockey, cricket , tennis???
What is ratio of sexes in tech in more egalitarian society like Norway compared to India. That should shed some light on this. Childbirth has nothing to do with the ratio in tech. If that was the case we would have all male nurses and elementary teachers as well
Eastern Europe seems to have many females in tech.
“Seems” is not the same as stats. You need to provide some numbers to back that. Also you are helping my point in a way. Eastern Europe is a lot more poor and have a lot lower standard of living. Tech becomes a necessity just like an India as a means to a better life
Someone once wrote a 10-page manifesto on this.
You obviously have not read it. Even Steven Pinker defended Damore https://youtu.be/qZZSYPs1_ng But don’t do your own thinking let others tell you what to think
I read it. EVERY word. Damore's arguments are not well thought out. It's like trying to watch a grown man seriously try to defend the existence of the Easter bunny. Pinker defended his logic, not his processor his conclusion. His conclusion is wrong, which is what you would expect whrn an amateur ventures out of their depth.
Because on average they are less interested and/or less personality inclined to those careers. In the most egalitarian countries (with laws specifically made to address career inhibitors women face), the gender gap in tech is BIGGER not smaller. So no, in this case women and men seem to be NOT the same, on average. That doesn't mean women are worse engineers and it certainly doesn't justify any sexism. It just means it's likely we do have some differences in interests on average though we are mostly the same. And that's ok.
Alternatively, if you look at typical adolescent socialization traits, girls are more social than boys. Activities that are seen as antisocial are shunned. As a result, peer pressure from other girls pushes girls away from solitary pursuits. Net result? Less women in tech. (This is the average; behavior lies on a spectrum). Want to fix it? Fix that problem in high schools. The easiest way to do that is through gender-segregated schools, which weirdly defuses that mechanism to a degree.
May be because tech jobs are less social and exciting? Sitting at desk and staring at computer for long hours is not seen as something they want to do for the rest of the lives and they move to other more social jobs? I see many women progress to management roles for the same reason. Also there are many women who go to research jobs. Imo, tech jobs are modern day peasant jobs.
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Why not go to India and see how many women do construction work?
How many?