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Why is it said that, "Google is rightly troubled by the fact that its workforce is largely male."? I can't wrap my head around what Google is guilty of in this
by rcoveson 9y ago
Why is it said that, "Google is rightly troubled by the fact that its workforce is largely male."? I can't wrap my head around what Google is guilty of in this regard. It's said, or screamed, all over the Internet that "only" 20% of Google's software engineers are women, but the statistic that never accompanies it is that less than 20% of computer science degrees each year are awarded to women. There is clearly a problem somewhere, since as others have noted this number was far higher here in the US a few decades ago and is higher today in other countries, but the problem is also clearly not Google's. I wish the press would get off their collective back about it as it has clearly made them jumpy enough and the public angry enough that people are getting fired.