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Re:We built voice modulation to mask gender in technical int... by teamfrizz on Wednesday June 29, 2016 @06:34PM (#12005333)
There is literally nothing circular about that. You're just saying the same thing twice.
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Re:We built voice modulation to mask gender in technical int... by pmarreck on Wednesday June 29, 2016 @08:58PM (#12005944)
Yes, there is. Allow me to rephrase it using Boolean logic to elucidate:

IF women aren't interested in programming, THEN none of them go into programming professionally.

IF women don't go into programming professionally, THEN they aren't interested."

I have 2 better questions to ask:

1) If fewer women than "the ideal" are interested in STEM, then why is that?

2) Why do we think a perfect 50/50 ratio across all fields is "the ideal," when "nature" might not deem it so? (note: this is NOT an "argument to nature")

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