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Re:We Can Do Better – Visualisation of gender disparity in e... by astrodust on Thursday May 29, 2014 @01:02PM (#7817233)
That sort of thinking is part of the problem.

50% of the people in the world are female, so why are they under-represented on these teams? It's a sign something's out of balance here.

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Re:We Can Do Better – Visualisation of gender disparity in e... by joaren on Friday May 30, 2014 @04:04PM (#7823710)
Because today, despite 60% of college grads being female, only 16% of comp sci students are women. Choices. Agency. Isn't that what equality is supposed to be about?
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