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TFA isn't a position piece intended to argue the point. It was saying, "hey, this is a problem, here are two numbers indicating the scope of the problem, and he
by ksenzee 10y ago
TFA isn't a position piece intended to argue the point. It was saying, "hey, this is a problem, here are two numbers indicating the scope of the problem, and here are some people who are working on it." Not "This is a problem, and here are statistics to prove it to skeptics." The data on why women leave tech is out there if you're genuinely interested.
- gshulegaard 10y agoIn general, complete data on population trends is very lacking. So if you have a source I would genuinely be interested in examining it. But I guess where you and I disagree is whether or not the problem identified actually is the problem. Which I think makes creating essentially sexist sub-networks/organizations questionable. If the crux of the issue isn't some sort of gender discrimination (nefarious or not, structural or cultural, etc.) then the proposed solution doesn't actually address the underlying issue leading to the observed macro trend.