>you need to provide an environment where they'll actually feel comfortable instead of demanding/expecting them to "adjust" You are only repeating what I said

>you need to provide an environment where they'll actually feel comfortable instead of demanding/expecting them to "adjust" You are only repeating what I said but from the other side of the shore. I have an all male team that is working perfectly fine for me. I have provided them an environment where they feel comfortable and they are productive. If a women enters the team AND she is not comfortable with my rest of the team's habits I would rather ask her to leave than to ask the rest of the team to adjust. For two reasons 1. It is the most optimal solution. 2. Secondly, because I don't even know if the girl I have hired is good enough for that. >whatever crap that exists in tech Just because you think something is crap does not make it crap. > tech loses out on a lot of talent The PyCon had only 20% women folks that too after a lot of efforts taken especially to increase that number. Is 20% really lot of talent for you ? (I am only using PyCon figures as a rough estimate here). All my arguments are perfectly applicable when you juxtapose the genders. I will not ask my all female team to adjust because the newly hired male member might feel uncomfortable. We should optimize out work environments for productivity and not gender equality.