In my experience women are less involved in FLOSS because they gravitate more heavily towards institutional jobs where IT staff learn whatever systems the compa

In my experience women are less involved in FLOSS because they gravitate more heavily towards institutional jobs where IT staff learn whatever systems the company uses. FLOSS expertise is concentrated in people who use software independently before they use it organizationally. This is not intended as a sexist post or a comment on differences in capabilities between genders. I've seen capable women who find it harder to get employment than their male peers, and think there are sexist pressures in the workforce that make it a lot harder for women to work as independent consultants. So I know a lot less who worry about Hadoop.