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It's not just tech sites, though, which is what I'm getting at. Major politicians and newspapers constantly go on at great lengths about alleged gender problems

It's not just tech sites, though, which is what I'm getting at. Major politicians and newspapers constantly go on at great lengths about alleged gender problems in tech. Do they talk nearly as much about, say, the imbalance towards women in education? I'm going to assert that they do not.

DanBC 11y ago
[gender imbalance education] and the name of various newspapers returns many many hits. EG https://www.google.co.uk/search?q=gender+imbalance+education+inurl%3Anytimes https://www.google.co.uk/search?q=gender+imbalance+education... Although using WSJ proves you right: https://www.google.co.uk/search?q=gender+imbalance+education+inurl%3Awsj https://www.google.co.uk/search?q=gender+imbalance+education...
- 13thLetter 11y ago
  I don't think this search is focused enough to be useful (in either direction.) For example, the first page of NYT results includes stories about a lack of male teachers, but also about gender imbalances against women in labs, varying educational outcomes between boys and girls, and China's one-child policy.
eli 11y ago
I don't see what you're getting at. Like, is there a conspiracy against the tech industry? I really doubt it. I think tech jobs are very desirable and the gender imbalance very pronounced so it's a natural focal point.
- 13thLetter 11y ago
  > Like, is there a conspiracy against the tech industry? I really doubt it. Who said there's a conspiracy? There's no more a conspiracy against the tech industry than, say, people who vote Democratic are a conspiracy against the Republican Party. It's just a large number of people with similar opinions and self-interest. Unfortunately, in this case the emergent result of that large number of people acting in their own opinion and interest is a lot of unjust attacks on innocent people, dismantling of valuable concepts such as meritocracy, and a distorted view of the industry in the popular imagination.

DanBC 11y ago

[gender imbalance education] and the name of various newspapers returns many many hits. EG https://www.google.co.uk/search?q=gender+imbalance+education+inurl%3Anytimes https://www.google.co.uk/search?q=gender+imbalance+education... Although using WSJ proves you right: https://www.google.co.uk/search?q=gender+imbalance+education+inurl%3Awsj https://www.google.co.uk/search?q=gender+imbalance+education...

13thLetter 11y ago
I don't think this search is focused enough to be useful (in either direction.) For example, the first page of NYT results includes stories about a lack of male teachers, but also about gender imbalances against women in labs, varying educational outcomes between boys and girls, and China's one-child policy.

eli 11y ago

I don't see what you're getting at. Like, is there a conspiracy against the tech industry? I really doubt it. I think tech jobs are very desirable and the gender imbalance very pronounced so it's a natural focal point.

13thLetter 11y ago
> Like, is there a conspiracy against the tech industry? I really doubt it. Who said there's a conspiracy? There's no more a conspiracy against the tech industry than, say, people who vote Democratic are a conspiracy against the Republican Party. It's just a large number of people with similar opinions and self-interest. Unfortunately, in this case the emergent result of that large number of people acting in their own opinion and interest is a lot of unjust attacks on innocent people, dismantling of valuable concepts such as meritocracy, and a distorted view of the industry in the popular imagination.