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Women do have startups - they have run businesses for generations. Women leave technology because of overt and subtle sexism and harassment; http://rachelappel

Women do have startups - they have run businesses for generations. Women leave technology because of overt and subtle sexism and harassment; http://rachelappel.com/stats-data-and-answers-as-to-why-there-are-so-few-women-in-technology-fields http://rachelappel.com/stats-data-and-answers-as-to-why-ther... And there are plenty that get cut off in the "university" step of your funnel because they aren't equal there either: http://web.mit.edu/fnl/women/women.html#What%20the%20Committee%20Learned http://web.mit.edu/fnl/women/women.html#What%20the%20Committ... That being said, the trend is moving towards women running both the business and the home, solo if need be: http://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/print/2010/07/the-end-of-men/8135/ http://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/print/2010/07/the-end-of... Do those help?

sgentle 15y ago
Yes! Wow, that's fantastic. Did you see the numbers change in the 2011 MIT report[1]? And that LPFI report[2] is just mindblowing. "The vast majority of men in startups believed their companies spent an adequate amount of time addressing diversity (82%). Almost 40% of women, however, believed not enough time was devoted to addressing company diversity. Additionally, women in startups were much more likely to endorse companywide practices to increase diversity than their male counterparts in startups (65% versus 41%)." "Female status and underrepresented racial/ethnic status were both significant predictors of negative workplace experiences suggesting that negative workplace experiences increase with membership in both demographic groups (F(1,555)=15.4, p<.00, and F(1,555)=7.47, p<.01; B=.68, SE=.18, p<.01 and B=.73, SE=.29, p<.05; Appendix 2)" Now that's the way to shoot down a "there's no problem here it's just that women don't want to do startups" argument. Thanks, I had no idea the numbers were so compelling. I wish there was more of what you're posting on the front page. -- [1] http://web.mit.edu/faculty/reports/pdf/women_faculty.pdf http://web.mit.edu/faculty/reports/pdf/women_faculty.pdf [2] http://www.lpfi.org/sites/default/files/tilted_playing_field_lpfi_9_29_11.pdf http://www.lpfi.org/sites/default/files/tilted_playing_field...
- lauraglu 15y ago
  Here's one more to add to the mix: http://io9.com/5867401/there-really-is-no-difference-between-men-and-womens-math-abilities http://io9.com/5867401/there-really-is-no-difference-between...

sgentle 15y ago

Yes! Wow, that's fantastic. Did you see the numbers change in the 2011 MIT report[1]? And that LPFI report[2] is just mindblowing. "The vast majority of men in startups believed their companies spent an adequate amount of time addressing diversity (82%). Almost 40% of women, however, believed not enough time was devoted to addressing company diversity. Additionally, women in startups were much more likely to endorse companywide practices to increase diversity than their male counterparts in startups (65% versus 41%)." "Female status and underrepresented racial/ethnic status were both significant predictors of negative workplace experiences suggesting that negative workplace experiences increase with membership in both demographic groups (F(1,555)=15.4, p<.00, and F(1,555)=7.47, p<.01; B=.68, SE=.18, p<.01 and B=.73, SE=.29, p<.05; Appendix 2)" Now that's the way to shoot down a "there's no problem here it's just that women don't want to do startups" argument. Thanks, I had no idea the numbers were so compelling. I wish there was more of what you're posting on the front page. -- [1] http://web.mit.edu/faculty/reports/pdf/women_faculty.pdf http://web.mit.edu/faculty/reports/pdf/women_faculty.pdf [2] http://www.lpfi.org/sites/default/files/tilted_playing_field_lpfi_9_29_11.pdf http://www.lpfi.org/sites/default/files/tilted_playing_field...

lauraglu 15y ago
Here's one more to add to the mix: http://io9.com/5867401/there-really-is-no-difference-between-men-and-womens-math-abilities http://io9.com/5867401/there-really-is-no-difference-between...