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Re:The Full 10-Page Anti-Diversity Screed Circulating Intern... by AlexandrB on Saturday August 05, 2017 @07:15PM (#14938537)
It's very convenient to hand-wave away the problem as "biological differences". Until we have some direct link between biology and preference for software development I think the wiser course of action is to try to get more women interested in the field. I mean why not? That's not to mention that open discrimination against women in numerous fields is a thing that happened within the lifetimes of people that are still alive today. It seems foolish to think that's all been fixed already.
Re:The Full 10-Page Anti-Diversity Screed Circulating Intern... by humanrebar on Saturday August 05, 2017 @07:37PM (#14938665)
> I mean why not?

Why not have a broad-based program to appeal to all demographics? Black Americans are also underrepresented. Rural children have less access to certain kinds of resources like magnet STEM schools.