I remember when this was first posted to HN the top comment was about a serious flaw in this hypothesis. Need to find the comment thread again... Edit: Found i

I remember when this was first posted to HN the top comment was about a serious flaw in this hypothesis. Need to find the comment thread again... Edit: Found it, https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=10483751 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=10483751 e.g. the other explanation could be that women applicants are just better than men, and that they aren't discriminated against.