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I don't think she has a problem with the fact that men got 92% of the bathroom facilities. Especially when it was logically justified. I just think she was disi
by moistgorilla 14y ago
I don't think she has a problem with the fact that men got 92% of the bathroom facilities. Especially when it was logically justified. I just think she was disillusioned by the fact that there were so few woman at the conference that a decision like that could be justified.
- pdelgallego 14y agoHonest question, Are people concern because there are not enough afro-americans/hispanics/etc in the software industry?
- moistgorilla 14y agoI know I'm making a generalization here but the software industry isn't racist like it is sexist.
- sha348 14y agoWait, what are you basing this generalization on? If it's purely based on numbers, I've worked with more female programmers than african americans. If the allegation is that the software industry is sexist purely because women don't participate, then the software industry must be even more racist.
- tgrass 14y agoUmm...assuming no bias, institutional or otherwise, you should randomly encounter a woman programmer once for every male programmer. Whereas you'd only encounter an African American one out of eight programmers (12% of the total pop).
- yarrel 14y agoHonest answer, you're derailing.
- JoelMcCracken 14y agoYes, many of us are.
- juridatenshi 14y agoSome certainly are. It's important for us to have diversity in a variety of areas (and intersections of areas), not just women. That being said, this specific article is focused on a woman's experience, so it makes sense that it would focus on gender.
- wilkie 14y agoWhy is this a question. Of course we are. Black computer scientists represent less than one percent: http://www.math.buffalo.edu/mad/computer-science/cs-peeps.html http://www.math.buffalo.edu/mad/computer-science/cs-peeps.ht...
- celer 14y agoLow afro-american/hispanic participation can be explained in large part by lack of high quality education, lack of computers, etc. There is some residual, but nothing like the vast disparity that exists for women despite a lack of acceptable reasons.