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Re:ElectronConf postponed until a “more diverse slate of spe... by cygx on Sunday June 04, 2017 @09:30AM (#14481474)
The gender gap in the open source world is notoriously bad (worse than in the idustry as a whole), and this goes beyond women not being able to pull their weight.

There are fun statistics such as that women who are not immediately recognizable as such have a higher pull request acceptance rate on github than their male counterparts, whereas women who are easily identifiable have a lower one.

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Re:ElectronConf postponed until a “more diverse slate of spe... by legostormtroopr on Sunday June 04, 2017 @04:47PM (#14483415)
Open-source, an all-volunteer, enthusiast community, where the only requirement is you show up and write good code has a gender gap.

You can even be an open-source developer of one by starting your own project.

Maybe that tells you something about the general interest in programming by women. If people aren't volunteering, maybe they just aren't interested in that thing?

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Re:ElectronConf postponed until a “more diverse slate of spe... by DerpyBaby123 on Sunday June 04, 2017 @09:49AM (#14481566)
Source? I heard of one study like this but it was refuted for bad procedures
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Re:ElectronConf postponed until a “more diverse slate of spe... by cygx on Sunday June 04, 2017 @10:02AM (#14481636)
https://peerj.com/articles/cs-111/
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