Re:Silicon Valley Women, in Cultural Shift, Frankly Describe...
by eli on Sunday July 02, 2017 @09:08AM
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The simple math I cited is not enough? You agree that women make up less than half the tech workforce even though they're half of working adults, right?
Why is it important to know how tech ranks against other industries anyway? How is that actionable information? Is the point to be able to claim "it's not our problem"? I don't think that's a useful line of thought. Even if tech were above average (and, again, it isn't) that doesn't in any way excuse the behavior in the NYT article.
Re:Silicon Valley Women, in Cultural Shift, Frankly Describe...
by solidsnack9000 on Sunday July 02, 2017 @11:52AM
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Why did you say tech is worse than other industries and what industries are you talking about?
If you don't think a comparison to other industries is important, why did you bring it up to begin with?
With regards to "...ask a woman..." and "...the fact that other industries may also have a gender problem..." -- neither of these remarks have anything to do with what I said. I have some doubts about the claim posted earlier, to the effect that tech is worse than other "major industries", because I have never seen anything to back that up -- but two wrongs do not make a right and I never said anything like that.
To support these ideas I guess I would like to know, what are these major industries and what are the axes of comparison?
If this kind of factual scrutiny seems wrong in the face of the present emergency, I have to ask you: when would it ever be right?