I don't think it is sexist, but I think its misguided. Maybe I lack the data, but it seems to me that forcibly encouraging companies to hire more women only see

I don't think it is sexist, but I think its misguided. Maybe I lack the data, but it seems to me that forcibly encouraging companies to hire more women only seems to mask the real problem. Is the problem really top-down or is it bottom up? For example, a couple months ago I read this report on bitcoin adoption that said bitcoin users were 92% male. If we assume this report is correct, then why? If bitcoin, (pretend with me here), is going to be the next driver in the global economy, why is it so heavily male dominated? Bitcoin is fairly anonymous and low entry. Now in our world where Bitcoin rules, if our bitcoin overlords were 92% male, who do we blame for this gender homogeneity? Now, I may be ignorant in the latest innovations of public schooling, but is the problem that "Brogrammers" are refusing to hire women, or are women just not entering into CS/STEM tracks, and if the problem is the latter, wouldn't it be more sustainable to force our efforts into public schooling rather than constantly remind HN that if our company doesn't have a female mixer we are doing it wrong? I really hope I'm right with this, and I'm really excited for BlackGirlsCode (http://www.blackgirlscode.com/ http://www.blackgirlscode.com/). With this organization's efforts I hope in the next 10-15 years we see a growth of talented female/black developers leading to a more concentrated effort on the source of this problem.