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Re:Why I won’t give talks about being a woman in tech by mordocai on Wednesday July 20, 2016 @12:39PM (#12130390)
> The reason there are fewer of them is because fewer of them are interested.

Which is at least somewhat due to societal pressures though.

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Re:Why I won’t give talks about being a woman in tech by rarec on Wednesday July 20, 2016 @01:00PM (#12130587)
Could it not also be said that societal pressures push men towards tech and other high stress/paying work?
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Re:Why I won’t give talks about being a woman in tech by nucleardog on Wednesday July 20, 2016 @02:59PM (#12131554)
If you look at any list of "most dangerous jobs", it's invariably a list of male-dominated professions.

Are men going into these roles because they all have a death wish, or is it maybe some sort of cultural push to be "manly" and a "provider"?

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Re:Why I won’t give talks about being a woman in tech by jazzyk on Wednesday July 20, 2016 @03:40PM (#12131839)
At my daughter's high-school, there was a lot of societal pressure for girls to be interested in tech/science. Most of them remained uninterested in math/computers, though quite a few went into life-sciences.
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