@slatestarcodex FYI (i am not responding to anything else in your Aaronson piece), the issue with the "pipeline problem" theory of...
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@slatestarcodex Well, for starters, number of women entering CS has been *declining* since the 80s. (Don't have stats for other STEM)Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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@slatestarcodex Here's a FastCo article (i know, i know, but it links to studies) in re women leaving at higher rate: http://www.fastcompany.com/3037075/strong-female-lead/why-are-women-are-leaving-science-engineering-tech-jobs … -
@slatestarcodex Also, my mistake, it's not 2x as likely to leave, it's ~1.5x as likely to leave. (Misremembered.)
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@slatestarcodex Also there's going to be a nasty feedback loop, since most of the women i know in tech are really reluctant to recommend... -
@slatestarcodex ...a career in tech to young women (because it's such a cesspit of sexism and awfulness.) We talk about how it's really... -
@slatestarcodex ...an issue, putting more girls into the pipeline, when the pipeline leads to a fucking toxic waste dump. -
@adrienneleigh (cont) toxic nerds was pushing her and her friends away. See http://chroniclesofrettek.tumblr.com/post/106990325751/shiftingstreets-untiltheseashallfreethem …. -
@slatestarcodex Right, thing is, lots of us aren't engaging in "nerd-shaming", we're just aware of all the genuinely appalling behavior. -
@slatestarcodex Honestly? I'm in a REALLY GOOD little subcommunity inside the industry, and it still has some significant sexism issues. -
@slatestarcodex Women who are in less-congenial subfields have it a LOT WORSE than i do and i'm keenly aware because we talk to each other.
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@slatestarcodex Also note@jessitron's FANTASTIC post about this very subject from the other day: http://blog.jessitron.com/2015/01/systems-thinking-about-wit.html … -
@slatestarcodex@jessitron (It's abstraction, not stats. But it's got some insight that I think your post is critically missing.)
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