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Re:What Really Keeps Women Out of Tech by Rusky on Sunday October 11, 2015 @09:34PM (#10372041)
Innate differences between genders may play a part, but the idea that "women tend to be less interested" is not the only possible innate difference. What's to say the innate difference in play here isn't "men tend to be more hostile to women joining their space"?
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Re:What Really Keeps Women Out of Tech by paulddraper on Sunday October 11, 2015 @09:56PM (#10372093)
That's different. Yours is a bias that necessarily influences other people.

But you are right; other innate biases are possible. Men could be better at logical/mathematical reasoning, which is necessary for technical skills. A difference in interest though is the most popular proposal.

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