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> I understand that having a diverse team brings different viewpoints that might allow for solutions to be found that may not have been found without that other

> I understand that having a diverse team brings different viewpoints that might allow for solutions to be found that may not have been found without that other viewpoint. Is that all that this is about? That is an ostensible reason. Another is to correct the inequality caused by societal pressures discouraging women from pursuing careers in tech. The other possible reasons are not allowed to be discussed here.

lj3 10y ago
> That is an ostensible reason. Another is to correct the inequality caused by societal pressures discouraging women from pursuing careers in tech. Where's the social movement to correct the inequality caused by societal pressures discouraging women from pursuing careers as coal miners? That's a male dominated field that is surprisingly lucrative.
- DanBC 10y ago
  > Where's the social movement to correct the inequality caused by societal pressures discouraging women from pursuing careers as coal miners? Did you search? Because it's the first fucking hit on any search engine: https://www.womeninmining.org.uk/ https://www.womeninmining.org.uk/ Here's a comment from 2 years ago on HN. https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=9227796 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=9227796
  - lj3 10y ago
    In the US?
    - rabbyte 10y ago
      So this sort of thing for women in tech isn't going too far if a similar thing is happening to coal miners very specifically in the US? Where was this going?