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Re:Scientists sent a rocket to Mars for less than it cost to... by fpoling on Friday March 17, 2017 @04:46PM (#13897854)
I recently worked for a project in a Norwegian bank. Despite the claims of gender equality in Norway over 80% of IT personal and management there are male and most women work in testing.

It was rather interesting to see then when the bank signed a contract with an Indian company, women were like 50% of their IT folks with no gender devisions like testing/development. There were still less women at management positions from the Indian company, but the ratio is better than in the Norwegian bank.

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Re:Scientists sent a rocket to Mars for less than it cost to... by rimliu on Friday March 17, 2017 @05:33PM (#13898182)
I wonder, why many think that equality should result in 50:50 distribution.
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Re:Scientists sent a rocket to Mars for less than it cost to... by kodfodrasz on Friday March 17, 2017 @06:52PM (#13898677)
I also wonder, as usually slightly more women live in a country than man, and woman have a slightly longer expected lifespan, which are effects which would distort the distribution.
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Re:Scientists sent a rocket to Mars for less than it cost to... by fpoling on Saturday March 18, 2017 @09:55AM (#13901241)
Law of large numbers.
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Re:Scientists sent a rocket to Mars for less than it cost to... by brianwawok on Saturday March 18, 2017 @10:16AM (#13901336)
Assuming both genders are equally talented at a skill, and both genders equally enjoy a skill.

We can both offer equal opportunities, and realize different genders want different things out of a job.

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Re:Scientists sent a rocket to Mars for less than it cost to... by fpoling on Saturday March 18, 2017 @10:31AM (#13901403)
That bank experience shows that women from India do show equal skills in IT. So the difference comes not from gender but from other things.
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