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This really seals the point for me: "Female voices are perceived as less logical and less persuasive than male voices. Women are perceived negatively for being
by stephengillie 11y ago
This really seals the point for me:
"Female voices are perceived as less logical and less persuasive than male voices. Women are perceived negatively for being too assertive. If tech culture is going to change, everyone needs to change, especially men and most especially leaders."
This makes it sound like it's bigger than an employment problem, bigger than a tech problem. This quote makes it sound like the problem is how humans perceive males and females in general. How do we change that? Is it culturally rooted in gender roles?
Is it a problem in Western societies only? What's the ratio of males to females in Indian tech and Chinese tech and Kenyan tech? Do they have the same attrition rates?