Hey @slatestarcodex, in re your current post, do you realize that computer programming was nearly ONE HUNDRED PERCENT FEMALE originally?
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Yes, but i'm not talking about women in CS. i'm talking about actual women programmers, before there was such a thing as "CS".
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I agree that there's a risk of just-so stories, but I think things like "radiology is less baby-oriented than obstetrics" are sound
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Sure. But "tech is about things, not people"? Also, in re systems thinking, do you think NURSES don't do a TON of systems thinking?
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The point is sex differences in preferences/personality/problem solving can explain low # of women in STEM without resorting to BLAMING men
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They can perhaps explain SOME of the observed variance. Sexism is unequivocally present in tech, and ignoring it as a causative factor is
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...PROFOUNDLY unscientific. Especially when it's clear Manifesto Guy is actually just a fucking misogynist using science as a fig leaf.
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No one has said that sexism doesn't exist in tech NO ONE It's just NOT THE MAIN REASON for the lower female representation in tech
#GetIt?
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Possible explanation 4 decline of women in CS is that the field is concentrating male reasoning abilities, making it harder 4 women to excel
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That doesn't really explain why it was all women back when it was harder!
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Being a calculator was not harder.. it was tedious/repetitive Now we have software programs writing software is FUN NOT HARD 4 good coders
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You know i am a coder, right? You don't have to act like i don't know this shit. And apparently i know more about history than you, too!
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UR reacting way too emotionally 2 an observation & possible explanation 4 a decline in women coders despite multiple attempts to increase
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I think you’re confusing the 1950s notion of “computer” (a person, typically female, who crunched numbers for a living) with the
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1950s notion of the “programmer” (a person, typically female, who wrote computer software, in the process defining what software means)
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The very first compiler that took English and spat out machine code was a written by one of these women. How many compilers has your manly
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