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I don't know, I think there are two issues: first the field is very masculine, that a participant is male is the standard and rarely incorrect assumption that p
by Trombone12 10y ago
I don't know, I think there are two issues: first the field is very masculine, that a participant is male is the standard and rarely incorrect assumption that permeates almost every aspect of IT development. So an average woman must adjust herself in a more masculine direction to fit in.
Secondly, many men absolutely treat women "worse" than men purely because of their gender (sometimes they even think they are being accommodating to the real differences that exist).
- vertex-four 10y agoI'm discussing the specific case of women on HN.
- Trombone12 10y agoI don't think that restriction changes anything beyond making it easier for women to appear to be manly enough, and that the instances of a user being discovered to be female are lower than the actual prevalence of females among the users. My points where general statements, applying equally to the wider culture in IT and to the specific subset tied to HN.