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551 points adrianhon | 2 comments | 08 Apr 24 15:48 UTC | HN request time: 0.416s | source
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toolz ◴[08 Apr 24 19:57 UTC] No.39973124[source]▶
I do believe there are unique challenges to being a woman in tech, but the odds seem in favor of women doing well both back in the 70's and today with todays stats having roughly 20% of CS grads being female while some 23% of SWEs are female. That suggests there are more women in software jobs than women who have been pursing that career academically. What stats do you see that suggest the odds are against women in tech? I frequently recommend tech as a good field for young girls, but I'll probably not do that anymore if the odds are truly against them.
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1. AlecSchueler ◴[09 Apr 24 08:11 UTC] No.39977157[source]▶
Can you see that you've completely dismissed the lived experiences of many many women, brushing them aside with whatever statistics you could find?

And what do those statistics show, only that women are vastly under-represented in work and education. There's very heavy cultural reasons for that and your comment actually feels reflective of them.

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2. trimethylpurine ◴[13 Apr 24 14:57 UTC] No.40023545[source]▶
This is you a couple of posts later:

>This is called whataboutery.

He brought up the plight of another group, and you're saying, "What about women?"

I'm sure your goals are pure, and you really want to help women, but you're studying schools of thought that serve to dismantle your efforts.

A solution that treats one group as lesser than another will never be free from hypocrisy, just as it is not free from it here.

Fair for only me isn't fair. No one thinks so. Think about it.

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=39973233