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Did you read the article? It's about a study that found persistent issues that started happening while the subjects were still in college. Yes, career traject
by badsock 10y ago
Did you read the article? It's about a study that found persistent issues that started happening while the subjects were still in college.
Yes, career trajectories can be impacted by childcare. But that doesn't explain everything. Other cultures where sexism isn't as prevalent (e.g. Soviet Russia, which despite all of its failings did impressive engineering), we don't see these kinds of statistics.
Why is it so hard to accept that sexism exists, and that it has a negative impact?
- js8 10y agoI am from Czech Republic and I assure you, the feminist ideas here are much less prevalent than in the West (i.e. sexism is more prevalent). I think it's also true for Russia, India, etc. It's probably because women have less good options in those countries why they put up with being in IT. I think it should be considered that all the talk about sexism in IT causes confirmation bias in people and they are more likely to falsely attribute their decisions to it.