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It needs feminism as much as it needs male chauvinists. Which is zero need in both instances. What Data Science needs is more precision and better techniques, n
by amarques6 5y ago
It needs feminism as much as it needs male chauvinists. Which is zero need in both instances. What Data Science needs is more precision and better techniques, not more polarizing ideas that imply that Data Scientists somehow have a prejudice against women.
- Comevius 5y agoFeminism is not only for women, it's about addressing unequal power. Data scientists happen to be political actors due to their social impact. https://towardsdatascience.com/data-scientists-and-the-ethics-of-power-ae91e6dd188 https://towardsdatascience.com/data-scientists-and-the-ethic... https://arxiv.org/abs/1811.03435 https://arxiv.org/abs/1811.03435 "imply that Data Scientists somehow have a prejudice" Data scientists are people, we have all kinds of biases, the difference is that their work has a lot of impact. Technology and society has always been closely intertwined.
- LatteLazy 5y agoCareful, Feminist SHOULD be about addressing inequality. But it's often not...
- Comevius 5y agoFor sure, there are a lot of misguided attempts at equality out there, like what Hollywood does these days with setting up female characters as infallible and white male characters as inept. This is not how representation should work, and you can't have strong characters without flaws, fears and actual challenges to overcome.