Re:Meritocracy and Discrimination in Tech
by yummyfajitas on Sunday February 17, 2013 @08:22AM
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We see 2:1 male to female ratios all the time, and no one bats an eye. But when it gets flipped we need to figure out why?
Simple probability. A 2:1 male environment is completely reasonable in a gender neutral process, whereas a 2:1 female environment is exceedingly unlikely to occur under such a process.
Simple probability. A 2:1 male environment is completely reasonable in a gender neutral process, whereas a 2:1 female environment is exceedingly unlikely to occur under such a process.
http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=5233153