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> The underrepresentation of women in open-source software is frequently attributed to women’s lack of innate aptitude compared to men ??? Yeah there's still
by TulliusCicero 2y ago
> The underrepresentation of women in open-source software is frequently attributed to women’s lack of innate aptitude compared to men
???
Yeah there's still some sexist assholes around like this, but this is hardly a mainstream opinion in most circles imo.
I'd say a more common explanation these days is lack of interest, rather than aptitude.
- anon291 2y agoI guess the thing for me is that my one open source project of note was an accident and from what I gather most male open source founders are similar. For example, Linux is notorious for being Linus's hobby project that hit it big. So while I can see why a toxic community would stop women from contributing to an existing project, I think the 'starting' a project would be more interesting to look at. Most open source projects start by accident not intent. One would expect women to not have the same probability as men of a project hitting it big presuming they make the code public.