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1. Take a look at this chart[1] and let me know (1) Which professions have a gender diversity problem? and (2) Given that the population's gender ratio is ~50
by tuna-piano 9y ago
1. Take a look at this chart[1] and let me know
(1) Which professions have a gender diversity problem? and
(2) Given that the population's gender ratio is ~50/50, which male stone mason (99.5% male) do you want to be a preschool teacher (97% female) and which preschool teacher do you want to make into a stone mason?
I've seen a bizarre thing with a certain portion of women in tech, which this article kind of alludes to. Instead of being interested in new technology or being really interested in tech itself, some number are interested in "women in tech". It's bizarre, and I believe a symptom of this effort to bring women into tech by emphasizing that they're women. Women/Men/Whatever should just be people in tech, stop focusing on gender and get to work.
[1] https://www.bostonglobe.com/metro/2017/03/06/chart-the-percentage-women-and-men-each-profession/GBX22YsWl0XaeHghwXfE4H/story.html https://www.bostonglobe.com/metro/2017/03/06/chart-the-perce...
- odiroot 9y agoAFAIR the real statistics work even more in your favour. In many countries many women don't join the work force so the gender ratio is not 50/50 (even ignoring that in multiple populations men outnumber women until around 40 year mark). One anecdote: throughout my childhood I didn't know men are allowed into education because 100% of my teachers until university were women. On the other hand pretty much until 2000s basically all the police force were men.