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I would like to see the scientific evidence of this unconscious bias they are referring to. Im also skeptical of the claims that gender diversity alone will boo

by r-a-w 8y ago

I would like to see the scientific evidence of this unconscious bias they are referring to. Im also skeptical of the claims that gender diversity alone will boost revenue 41%. That is a extremely bold claim.

rahimnathwani 8y ago
That particular sentence in the article sounds very odd, as it suggests the baseline was a set of single-sex workplaces. I'm not sure where they found those. Perhaps the Catholic church?
- theandrewbailey 8y ago
  I'm pretty sure that the Catholic church employs many fathers and sisters.
  - rahimnathwani 8y ago
    I'm no expert on the Catholic Church, but what I've seen on TV (e.g. Father Ted) suggests that men work from certain locations, and women work from others. So each of the workplaces is single-sex, even if the overall organisation is not.
    - qbaqbaqba 8y ago
      > Father Ted Also, priests tend to have pet bricks and drink motor oil.
commandlinefan 8y ago
I keep reading that tech is not very female-inclusive, and I keep wondering where these people are looking. Maybe San Francisco is different than any of the places I've worked in the past 25 years? I've been all over: deep south, midwest, north texas - I don't know if the gender ratio was 50/50 since I never did a headcount, but I sure remember an awful lot of women in technical roles everywhere I've ever worked. Maybe they're not counting Indian women?
- scarface74 8y ago
  Technical roles yes. How many are developers? I’m not dismissing QA, but QA I’ve found is so much more female than male that in a group of developers, the female will be asked are they QA.
0xcde4c3db 8y ago
> I would like to see the scientific evidence of this unconscious bias they are referring to. Here's a study, for example [1]. There's enough out there that you'd probably want to qualify that request a bit. There's even a study on the association between gender and evaluation of gender bias studies (men are more skeptical/critical of studies showing gender bias) [2]. [1] http://www.pnas.org/content/111/12/4403.full http://www.pnas.org/content/111/12/4403.full [2] http://www.pnas.org/content/112/43/13201 http://www.pnas.org/content/112/43/13201

by r-a-w 8y ago

rahimnathwani 8y ago

That particular sentence in the article sounds very odd, as it suggests the baseline was a set of single-sex workplaces. I'm not sure where they found those. Perhaps the Catholic church?

theandrewbailey 8y ago
I'm pretty sure that the Catholic church employs many fathers and sisters.
- rahimnathwani 8y ago
  I'm no expert on the Catholic Church, but what I've seen on TV (e.g. Father Ted) suggests that men work from certain locations, and women work from others. So each of the workplaces is single-sex, even if the overall organisation is not.
  - qbaqbaqba 8y ago
    > Father Ted Also, priests tend to have pet bricks and drink motor oil.

commandlinefan 8y ago

I keep reading that tech is not very female-inclusive, and I keep wondering where these people are looking. Maybe San Francisco is different than any of the places I've worked in the past 25 years? I've been all over: deep south, midwest, north texas - I don't know if the gender ratio was 50/50 since I never did a headcount, but I sure remember an awful lot of women in technical roles everywhere I've ever worked. Maybe they're not counting Indian women?

scarface74 8y ago
Technical roles yes. How many are developers? I’m not dismissing QA, but QA I’ve found is so much more female than male that in a group of developers, the female will be asked are they QA.

0xcde4c3db 8y ago

> I would like to see the scientific evidence of this unconscious bias they are referring to. Here's a study, for example [1]. There's enough out there that you'd probably want to qualify that request a bit. There's even a study on the association between gender and evaluation of gender bias studies (men are more skeptical/critical of studies showing gender bias) [2]. [1] http://www.pnas.org/content/111/12/4403.full http://www.pnas.org/content/111/12/4403.full [2] http://www.pnas.org/content/112/43/13201 http://www.pnas.org/content/112/43/13201