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>Why not give it a shot? A) because the evidence of institutionalized discrimination in the field is scanty at best. B) because the techniques suggested for "
by mzw_mzw 10y ago
>Why not give it a shot?
A) because the evidence of institutionalized discrimination in the field is scanty at best.
B) because the techniques suggested for "giving it a shot" frequently involve cruel social manipulation, elimination of meritocracy, and accusing innocent people of sexism or even sexual assault.
C) because "giving it a shot" also suspiciously often involves handing over money and power to sociopaths who spend their time agitating and attacking others, not writing software.
Look -- the bad guys have poisoned the well, here. If you genuinely and sincerely think the industry needs to change, the first people you're going to have to go through to make it happen are the ones who claim they're on your side.
- jakelazaroff 10y agoWith regard to getting responses to job applications, there's plenty of evidence that women and people of color face systemic discrimination: - https://blogs.scientificamerican.com/unofficial-prognosis/study-shows-gender-bias-in-science-is-real-heres-why-it-matters/ https://blogs.scientificamerican.com/unofficial-prognosis/st... - http://gender.stanford.edu/news/2014/why-does-john-get-stem-job-rather-jennifer http://gender.stanford.edu/news/2014/why-does-john-get-stem-...
- weberc2 10y agoHe did say "in the field". Further, I remain skeptical toward sociology departments until they bump their reproducibility up a bit above 50% or bring their ideological homogeneity down below 90%. And I don't trust gender studies departments at all ("glaciers are sexist" and whatnot).