Re:Why Brit Ruby 2013 was cancelled and why this is not ok
by MrScruff on Monday November 19, 2012 @04:28AM
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My position is that I don't know how the percentage of men who are interested in coding and the percentage of women who are interested in coding compare. I have no way of knowing.
In fact, the reasons people pursue a particular career are undoubtedly more complex than you or I realise. For example in vetinary science, a field once dominated by men, women are now the majority. No quotas were required to achieve this reversal.
So I am naturally cautious about the idea of enforcing quotas when we have no way of knowing what the natural balance should be.
In fact, the reasons people pursue a particular career are undoubtedly more complex than you or I realise. For example in vetinary science, a field once dominated by men, women are now the majority. No quotas were required to achieve this reversal.
So I am naturally cautious about the idea of enforcing quotas when we have no way of knowing what the natural balance should be.