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The articles I haven't seen yet: 1. Welding's Man Problem http://www.aikenstandard.com/article/20130125/AIK0101/130129691 http://www.aikenstandard.com/articl

The articles I haven't seen yet: 1. Welding's Man Problem http://www.aikenstandard.com/article/20130125/AIK0101/130129691 http://www.aikenstandard.com/article/20130125/AIK0101/130129... 2. Nursing's Women Problem http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Men_in_nursing http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Men_in_nursing 3. Hooters (and others) Women Problem http://blogs.findlaw.com/free_enterprise/2009/04/can-men-be-hooters-girls-when-can-businesses-hire-only-women.html http://blogs.findlaw.com/free_enterprise/2009/04/can-men-be-... I get that I live in a bubble surrounded by only tech news. But when I was in school I knew plenty of women in nursing and it seemed as though the lack of diversity wasn't keeping them up at night. The median nursing salary in the bay area is definitely competitive with and possibly better than programming. http://money.usnews.com/careers/best-jobs/registered-nurse/salary http://money.usnews.com/careers/best-jobs/registered-nurse/s... http://money.usnews.com/careers/best-jobs/computer-programmer/salary http://money.usnews.com/careers/best-jobs/computer-programme... I also get that there are plenty of dudes in tech being giant assholes or chauvinistic or sexist or misogynist or whatever other words you'd like to call them. But why is that so much more of a problem than the obvious sexism in other areas? What I mean is why is there a NYT article on male computer programmers behaving badly and not one on male welders behaving badly? I'm not suggesting that either one should get away with it, bad behavior is bad behavior. But why is it newsworthy in tech and not in welding?

Mangalor 13y ago
Because society badly needs technology solutions to its problems, and it doesn't help if alpha male "broey-ness" excludes whole segments of society from being able to pitch in and work on them. You'd also think tech would be a forward thinking industry that considers any discriminatory "ism" to be overall harmful and a problem to be worked on like any other.
bendmorris 13y ago
>Nursing's Women Problem While there are fewer men in nursing (and I'm sure being a man in a traditionally female-dominated industry comes with its own set of challenges) they tend to command higher salaries and faster promotions than women [1]. Compare this to tech, where women as a minority tend to be paid less. [1] http://finance.yahoo.com/blogs/the-exchange/male-nurses-becoming-more-commonplace-higher-paid-221330791.html http://finance.yahoo.com/blogs/the-exchange/male-nurses-beco...

Mangalor 13y ago

Because society badly needs technology solutions to its problems, and it doesn't help if alpha male "broey-ness" excludes whole segments of society from being able to pitch in and work on them. You'd also think tech would be a forward thinking industry that considers any discriminatory "ism" to be overall harmful and a problem to be worked on like any other.

bendmorris 13y ago

>Nursing's Women Problem While there are fewer men in nursing (and I'm sure being a man in a traditionally female-dominated industry comes with its own set of challenges) they tend to command higher salaries and faster promotions than women [1]. Compare this to tech, where women as a minority tend to be paid less. [1] http://finance.yahoo.com/blogs/the-exchange/male-nurses-becoming-more-commonplace-higher-paid-221330791.html http://finance.yahoo.com/blogs/the-exchange/male-nurses-beco...