(Completely stereotypical middle-aged white dude speaking here; consider my privilege checked.) > Serious question: Do you think this is a conscious choice mad

(Completely stereotypical middle-aged white dude speaking here; consider my privilege checked.) > Serious question: Do you think this is a conscious choice made by those in the tech field? I've always been more inclined to believe what Philip Greenspun wrote a long time ago: http://philip.greenspun.com/careers/women-in-science http://philip.greenspun.com/careers/women-in-science He's talking about professors, but his point that 'men tend to lack perspective and are unable to step back and ask the question "is this peer group worth impressing?"' still applies. Women are a majority of undergrads now; they're more socially and emotionally mature in the critical late teenage years, and it's starting to show as discrimination fades. In any case, complaining about a lack of women in tech is an easy way to appear to care about women's pay now, during the "dot-io bubble." Much harder would be looking at actually important fields that are majority-female, e.g. "Healthcare practitioner and technical occupations," "Education, training, and library occupations," and trying to get them to pay better: http://www.bls.gov/cps/cpsaat09.htm http://www.bls.gov/cps/cpsaat09.htm