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A female developer I once employed was from Singapore. She told me that in Singapore there is no noticeable gender discrepancy in IT. How accurate was she? I d
by stevoski 12y ago
A female developer I once employed was from Singapore. She told me that in Singapore there is no noticeable gender discrepancy in IT.
How accurate was she? I don't know. If she was correct, then it suggests that the enormous over-representation in IT in the US and some other countries may be due solely to cultural reasons.
- moron4hire 12y agoThat is literally the only thing that could explain the issue. We know that women are just as capable at the job as men. There is no biological reason. That only leaves culture.
- coldtea 12y agoPerhaps, but it's not necessarily "bad culture". E.g women might culturally just prefer other jobs in the US compared to Singapore. If more women are into Biology or Math and less in IT or Physics in some country, it doesn't mean the said country's culture has to change to achieve 50-50 men/women in all professions. The main issue is: what makes something a valid part of culture as opposed to a bad part of culture we need to change? Culture doesn't just grow from opression, but also from preferences, historical accidents, etc. Should we abolish Cosmopolitan and Men's Health and have everyone read the same magazine (say, Wired)?
- doppp 12y agoI'm Singaporean and yes, this is correct. The whole gender movement in tech is really only an American thing. The whole help-the-minority-because-they-must-be-disadvantaged/affirmative action phenomenon is something unique to American culture and it's been really interesting to observe from a foreigner's perspective.
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