Re:What programming languages are used late at night?
by beaconstudios on Wednesday April 19, 2017 @12:15PM
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> given that all babies act pretty much the same for the first few months.
that's not actually true - http://www.city.ac.uk/news/2016/july/infants-prefer-toys-typ...
there's a lot of evidence to suggest that choice of toy is at least partially influenced by sex.
Re:What programming languages are used late at night?
by jakobegger on Wednesday April 19, 2017 @12:32PM
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There is a low incidence of transsexualism in the general population, but we are talking about the tech scene. And particularly among programmers, it seems to me that a lot of female programmers have a Y chromosome. Considering that there aren't that many female programmers to begin with, I wouldn't be too sure that effect is negligible.
Re:What programming languages are used late at night?
by jjawssd on Wednesday April 19, 2017 @01:26PM
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> it seems to me that a lot of female programmers have a Y chromosome.
I do not believe you
Re:What programming languages are used late at night?
by jakobegger on Wednesday April 19, 2017 @02:41PM
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Well, it's just my personal impression. I'm not saying it's a majority, but there are a lot of trans people in the tech community. So if you want to make statistics, I think you should take that into account, and not pretend that they don't matter.
Additionally, since gender refers to behaviour and societal roles, I don't think "gender at birth" makes sense, given that all babies act pretty much the same for the first few months. You would be better to phrase your question as "gene-determined sex", which is for now unchangeable.