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Because it is not representative of the underlying demographics. There are vastly more men trained to work in the field (one representative datapoint: there's a
by throwaway09223 4y ago
Because it is not representative of the underlying demographics. There are vastly more men trained to work in the field (one representative datapoint: there's an 80/20 gender difference in computer science degrees).
If you are hiring equal numbers of women and men from a talent pool which is 80% male then you are almost certainly illegally discriminating on the basis of a protected class.
- Spivak 4y agoOr just heavily recruiting from women dominated spaces. Also say what you will about it, once a company/team gets known for having women other women will flock to it. Edit: haha people downvoting for the reality that women like working with other women.