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this would refute the hypothesis that women avoid IT due to sexism. No, it wouldn't refute anything. For instance, in the medical field, we've had a hundred y
by michaelchisari 15y ago
this would refute the hypothesis that women avoid IT due to sexism.
No, it wouldn't refute anything. For instance, in the medical field, we've had a hundred years to correct the gender imbalance, and people have fought hard, both in education and in hiring practices, to get it where it is. So, while the medical field may have as many sexist jerks, there have been failsafes put into place to correct for their behavior.
IT has no such procedures. So we can either change our culture to be less sexist than other fields, or we can put in those hiring and education procedures.
And to be honest, I don't consider it much of a reason to pat ourselves on the back if we're less sexist than, say, the financial industry.
This is our house, let's clean it.
- yummyfajitas 15y agoIf we are less sexist than the financial industry, but finance has more women, it strongly suggests that sexism isn't what's scaring women away. As for "failsafes" and "procedures", could you tell me how these procedures prevent sexism in JP Morgan Prime Brokerage operation, but not in JP Morgan IT? Or if you want to push things back to the college level, how they prevent sexism in Biology 101 but not in CS 101?
- michaelchisari 15y agoAs for "failsafes" and "procedures", could you tell me how these procedures prevent sexism in JP Morgan Prime Brokerage operation If you'll re-read my comment, I was talking about failsafes and procedures in the medical field.