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I think the obvious point that the authors missed is that Google is not a University nor a scientific journal. It's a workplace and the author of the memo, just
by bartof303 9y ago
I think the obvious point that the authors missed is that Google is not a University nor a scientific journal. It's a workplace and the author of the memo, just called into question the "biological" ability of women to be engineers.
- dvfjsdhgfv 9y agoNo, he didn't, and that's one of the most common misrepresentations of what he actually wrote. From TFA: "For what it’s worth, I think that almost all of the Google memo’s empirical claims are scientifically accurate. Moreover, they are stated quite carefully and dispassionately. Its key claims about sex differences are especially well-supported by large volumes of research across species, cultures, and history."
- jbmorgado 9y ago> "It's a workplace and the author of the memo, just called into question the "biological" ability of women to be engineers." That's totally wrong, what the memo called into question is the "biological" driven desire for woman to become engineers. It's never put into question in that memo, that when they do choose to be enginners they aren't as competent as their peers.
- koonsolo 9y agoHave you read the memo? He does not do that. He talks plenty about averages, and explicitly mentions that averages don't apply to individuals. Here is some news for you: The AVERAGE woman is not interested in technology as much as the AVERAGE man. If you think reality is sexist, so be it. Does that mean that every woman is average? No. There are plenty of women interested in technology doing great work. So why do you expect that there should be as many women working in technology as men? Why is it even a (US) problem?