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Re:When She Codes, The Revolution’s Coming by ceol on Monday January 23, 2012 @12:03AM (#3499152)
They're reasons why women are not participating— not reasons why "women are different from men in ways that make them poorly suited to a role in computing". There is a huge difference.

No one is saying a class on algorithms is discrimination. Are you intentionally misconstruing her article or are you truly this confused?

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Re:When She Codes, The Revolution’s Coming by yummyfajitas on Monday January 23, 2012 @12:34AM (#3499236)
You cited this article as evidence of discrimination. In reality, it says the gender gap is caused by gender differences in ability/preference.
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Re:When She Codes, The Revolution’s Coming by ceol on Monday January 23, 2012 @12:47AM (#3499260)
No, it says the gender gap is caused— in part— by assumptions that favor men due to the tech industry already favoring men. The first item on the list about video games being male-centric sets up the rest.
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