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Re:Y combinator, X chromosomes by alphapapa on Wednesday April 12, 2017 @05:23PM (#14101891)
> I understand that having a diverse team brings different viewpoints that might allow for solutions to be found that may not have been found without that other viewpoint. Is that all that this is about?

That is an ostensible reason. Another is to correct the inequality caused by societal pressures discouraging women from pursuing careers in tech. The other possible reasons are not allowed to be discussed here.

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Re:Y combinator, X chromosomes by lj3 on Wednesday April 12, 2017 @05:32PM (#14101961)
> That is an ostensible reason. Another is to correct the inequality caused by societal pressures discouraging women from pursuing careers in tech.

Where's the social movement to correct the inequality caused by societal pressures discouraging women from pursuing careers as coal miners? That's a male dominated field that is surprisingly lucrative.

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Re:Y combinator, X chromosomes by DanBC on Wednesday April 12, 2017 @07:23PM (#14102664)
> Where's the social movement to correct the inequality caused by societal pressures discouraging women from pursuing careers as coal miners?

Did you search? Because it's the first fucking hit on any search engine: https://www.womeninmining.org.uk/

Here's a comment from 2 years ago on HN. https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=9227796

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Re:Y combinator, X chromosomes by lj3 on Wednesday April 12, 2017 @08:09PM (#14102902)
In the US?
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Re:Y combinator, X chromosomes by rabbyte on Wednesday April 12, 2017 @11:37PM (#14103963)
So this sort of thing for women in tech isn't going too far if a similar thing is happening to coal miners very specifically in the US? Where was this going?
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