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Re:Why Aren't There More Women Programmers? by wpietri on Thursday August 22, 2013 @05:03PM (#6260064)
Why would I have to prove it?

Given that "fewer women become X because of societal obstacles" has been proven true for many professions over the last couple of centuries, I think the burden of proof is on somebody who wants to claim that programming is some strange special exemption.

Re:Why Aren't There More Women Programmers? by cousin_it on Friday August 23, 2013 @04:07AM (#6262300)
I don't think programming is an exception, it's probably similar to many other jobs where we haven't proved that societal obstacles are the reason.