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Correct me if I'm wrong, but men and women are not that far apart. We are all humans who love solving problems. The ratio of men graduating with CS degrees to
by anonymous3821 14y ago
Correct me if I'm wrong, but men and women are not that far apart. We are all humans who love solving problems.
The ratio of men graduating with CS degrees to women is around 8:1 or 9:1. Do you honestly believe that our genetics are that different?
>> Given this, I'm not sure how you can claim that it's everybody's responsibility to push for more female coders.
Ok, since we can't prove identical dispositions and--who knows? maybe women are 8 times more unlikely to want to solve computer science problems--let's just disregard the imbalance and do nothing. Is that your philosophy?
[1] http://www.cra.org/uploads/documents/resources/taulbee/CS_Degree_and_Enrollment_Trends_2010-11.pdf http://www.cra.org/uploads/documents/resources/taulbee/CS_De...
- MrScruff 14y agoMy position is that I don't know how the percentage of men who are interested in coding and the percentage of women who are interested in coding compare. I have no way of knowing. In fact, the reasons people pursue a particular career are undoubtedly more complex than you or I realise. For example in vetinary science, a field once dominated by men, women are now the majority. No quotas were required to achieve this reversal. So I am naturally cautious about the idea of enforcing quotas when we have no way of knowing what the natural balance should be.