Well. I think Marie Curie would disagree.
Are there artificial barriers to entry aside from skill and desire?
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IMarie Curie did succeed but if you read her story you will understand how much she had to fight for something which was absolutely the norm for men. She had an incredible husband and received support from him and other men scientists. Skill and desire wouldn’t have been enough.
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Right, but that was 150 years ago.
Absolutely nothing prevents women from getting into AI except themselves. At least in first world countries. Men are the ones who develop most scientific fields and trailblaze them and then women tend to enter later. That's the history of it.
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Disagree based on facts:
1) women have contributions to science in spite of all barriers but history of science was written by men. It is changing.
2) a time/culture constraint for women: maternity. 3 days ago a woman told me she lost her PhD scholarship because of pregnancy.
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1. Winner writes the history.
2. Anecdotal. Also avoidable.
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Response to 1) - this doesn’t
Mean that history is accurate, so we need to rewrite and avoid the same mistakes in the future .
Response to 2) - not anecdotal at all. Studies show clearly women as a result of maternity have significant disadvantages to enter&succeed in academia.
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1. Okay, but that doesn't change the ratio of men and women. My wife can do things I can't do well. I do things she can't do well. We just accept it rather than fight it to prove something.
2. Yes, just like if I take a year to build a sailboat I may lose opportunity. Choice.
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1: yes, it does change the ratio
2: maternity is not a choice. I think you cannot not agree with this 😅
Look, I am not here to convince anyone of anything. We share&learn, yet, when facts speak I listen&read a lot &learn. I might change my position on previous convictions.
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1. Not sure how we change the past.
2. Well, it is though. But you can time it. You can do work on it at home. Take classes. Research. Write. I think people take positions that are harmful to their employer and then get angry when they aren't supporter in that. It takes 2
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All I'm saying is that this is all quite normal. It shouldn't be treated as a problem but women should treat it as opportunity. Because they will be welcomed into the field. If they want.
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Yes, I agree, we need to go further a little. A woman who works and is pregnant has two contributions to society: 1) produce added value and pay taxes, 2) contribution to the very existence of the future of society, together with the man, yet early childhood is heavier for women.
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