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I think that big part of it is due to women being not really interested in tech. I’m pretty sure there’s some hostility there, but never seen anything particula

I think that big part of it is due to women being not really interested in tech. I’m pretty sure there’s some hostility there, but never seen anything particularly bad or on a big scale. All women I worked and studied with never really complained on gender discrimination (while quite openly complaining on other things :). On the other side my wife always say, that if she would have job like I have she would shoot herself. It looks like the most boring thing on earth. And you always have all these issues and bugs to fix. Nothing ever works as expected… She also never really wants to tinker with stuff. When something is broken, she just wants it fixed. Also from what I’ve read, the most ‘equal’ countries in the world are nowhere near 50/50 distribution. So while we should fight all discrimination and try to give access to education to everyone. I think we should also respect, that people have different interests and don’t pressure them to pursue career they don’t really want. Just so we have 50/50 distribution that ideal world should have.

CodeGlitch 5y ago
Totally agree. Men and women's brains work differently, and therefore have vastly different interests. No matter how much I tried to get my daughter into "boy stuff", she would just want the pink pretty things, even from a very young age. Growing up she spent most of her time with her male cousins, so it's not like she wasn't exposed to lots of boy's toys. Not that I mind get being into girly things... In fact it is pretty awesome :)
- Ansil849 5y ago
  Can't tell if this comment is missing a /s tag.
  - CodeGlitch 5y ago
    Just speaking from experience :) Not sure why people find this idea so controversial - it's not a bad thing that men and women are different.
    - Ansil849 5y ago
      So you genuinely believe that the reason your daughter prefers "pink pretty things" is because her "brain works differently"? You really don't think any cultural messaging that girls are supposed to like "pink pretty things" has any influence? Did you know that in the early 20th century, blue was prescribed as the normative color for girls and pink for boys? [1] Huh, now how do you reconcile that with your view that your daughter's love of pink is because her brain is just gosh darn different? Is your response that the brains of girls 100 years ago were the complete opposite of girl brains today? Or maybe that they just had the colors all wrong, and that clearly, based on your daughter's brain, you're glad society finally has it biologically right? [1] https://www.britannica.com/story/has-pink-always-been-a-girly-color https://www.britannica.com/story/has-pink-always-been-a-girl...
      - CodeGlitch 5y ago
        So we can throw references at each other all day: https://www.newscientist.com/article/dn12512-women-may-be-hardwired-to-prefer-pink/ https://www.newscientist.com/article/dn12512-women-may-be-ha... I was just speaking from a parent who also thought it was cultural that girls preferred pink sparkly things, but then experienced parenthood and it's clear as day they do. I'm sure there are lots of girls who don't care for pink...but so what if the majority do?
ASinclair 5y ago
> I think that big part of it is due to women being not really interested in tech. I’m pretty sure there’s some hostility there, but never seen anything particularly bad or on a big scale. All women I worked and studied with never really complained on gender discrimination (while quite openly complaining on other things :). This is not my experience. I know several women that dropped out of the tech industry because of discrimination.
- giantg2 5y ago
  I'm actually experiencing the other side of this. I don't have any diversity points, so I'm automatically disadvantaged when going for promotions since I won't be helping the company's quotas. (I've had some rare chances to be in some staff meetings way above my level... the things I heard...)
bjourne 5y ago
> I think that big part of it is due to women being not really interested in tech. Can we use the same reasoning to explain why more women earn degrees than men? Men are not interested in education? If I were a woman, I'd tell you about how my husband thinks reading books is the most boring thing ever and just want to watch sports on tv. :) We shouldn't pressure them to pursue higher education. If men are happy being uneducated working menial jobs, we should let them while highly educated women serve leading roles in society.
- DreamScatter 5y ago
  Women are not being leaders in math and technology. They are getting PhD in non technical things, but tech is what is leading the world.
- Ansil849 5y ago
  > Can we use the same reasoning to explain why more women earn degrees than men? Men are not interested in education? I really want to hear the people in the comments making claims that women just aren't interested in tech and that boys are being failed by the education system answer this.
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CodeGlitch 5y ago

Totally agree. Men and women's brains work differently, and therefore have vastly different interests. No matter how much I tried to get my daughter into "boy stuff", she would just want the pink pretty things, even from a very young age. Growing up she spent most of her time with her male cousins, so it's not like she wasn't exposed to lots of boy's toys. Not that I mind get being into girly things... In fact it is pretty awesome :)

Ansil849 5y ago
Can't tell if this comment is missing a /s tag.
- CodeGlitch 5y ago
  Just speaking from experience :) Not sure why people find this idea so controversial - it's not a bad thing that men and women are different.
  - Ansil849 5y ago
    So you genuinely believe that the reason your daughter prefers "pink pretty things" is because her "brain works differently"? You really don't think any cultural messaging that girls are supposed to like "pink pretty things" has any influence? Did you know that in the early 20th century, blue was prescribed as the normative color for girls and pink for boys? [1] Huh, now how do you reconcile that with your view that your daughter's love of pink is because her brain is just gosh darn different? Is your response that the brains of girls 100 years ago were the complete opposite of girl brains today? Or maybe that they just had the colors all wrong, and that clearly, based on your daughter's brain, you're glad society finally has it biologically right? [1] https://www.britannica.com/story/has-pink-always-been-a-girly-color https://www.britannica.com/story/has-pink-always-been-a-girl...
    - CodeGlitch 5y ago
      So we can throw references at each other all day: https://www.newscientist.com/article/dn12512-women-may-be-hardwired-to-prefer-pink/ https://www.newscientist.com/article/dn12512-women-may-be-ha... I was just speaking from a parent who also thought it was cultural that girls preferred pink sparkly things, but then experienced parenthood and it's clear as day they do. I'm sure there are lots of girls who don't care for pink...but so what if the majority do?

ASinclair 5y ago

> I think that big part of it is due to women being not really interested in tech. I’m pretty sure there’s some hostility there, but never seen anything particularly bad or on a big scale. All women I worked and studied with never really complained on gender discrimination (while quite openly complaining on other things :). This is not my experience. I know several women that dropped out of the tech industry because of discrimination.

giantg2 5y ago
I'm actually experiencing the other side of this. I don't have any diversity points, so I'm automatically disadvantaged when going for promotions since I won't be helping the company's quotas. (I've had some rare chances to be in some staff meetings way above my level... the things I heard...)

bjourne 5y ago

> I think that big part of it is due to women being not really interested in tech. Can we use the same reasoning to explain why more women earn degrees than men? Men are not interested in education? If I were a woman, I'd tell you about how my husband thinks reading books is the most boring thing ever and just want to watch sports on tv. :) We shouldn't pressure them to pursue higher education. If men are happy being uneducated working menial jobs, we should let them while highly educated women serve leading roles in society.

DreamScatter 5y ago
Women are not being leaders in math and technology. They are getting PhD in non technical things, but tech is what is leading the world.
Ansil849 5y ago
> Can we use the same reasoning to explain why more women earn degrees than men? Men are not interested in education? I really want to hear the people in the comments making claims that women just aren't interested in tech and that boys are being failed by the education system answer this.

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