@starsandrobots not surprising..most engineers tend to be male still..although the female ratio is growing
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@LukeLi03 I disagree. It is surprising! If you're going by numbers there should be SOME women in the photo.
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@LukeLi03 a greater percentage of women were programmers in the '80s than today.
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@LukeLi03 Furthermore, people are shocked by this photo *but not for that reason* — that's what blows me away. Did nobody notice!?
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@starsandrobots How many Black men? -
@starsandrobots I just mentioned it because I think Blacks & Latinos are invisible in discussions about gender/inclusiveness in STEM. -
@TorraineWalker absolutely, and I am glad you mentioned it here.
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@starsandrobots and the fact that men are (in general) bigger risk-takers than women? -
@siriusblack9999 help me seriously what does risk have to do in sitting in a chair in a room with a computer mashed to your face -
@starsandrobots not in that sense, in the sense that investing in VR is a risk -
@starsandrobots as in, VR might become the next big thing, it might also just be a big money sink that flops hard in a few years time -
@siriusblack9999 your narrative is intriguing, but I'm not sure I buy it. -
@starsandrobots okay, but you'll give me the "90+% of programmers is male, on their own free will"? -
@starsandrobots with mostly men choosing programming, -
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@starsandrobots It's also possible to choose a photo that would portray the audience as being predominately female: http://www.pocket-lint.com/news/136841-best-wearables-of-mwc-2016-vr-smartwatches-cameras-and-more … -
@AtticusBones thank you! Framing and choice of imagery is exactly the thing about this.
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@starsandrobots That's the most trivial observations yet, I could say something similar: There are no bald or no one has a yellow shirt. -
@TheSvikari I'm not led to believe bald or yellow-shirted people are commonly absent due to measurable-if-subtle bias and discrimination.. -
@starsandrobots Given a context, anything can be seen as "biased & discriminatory". The point is that your statement describes a non-issue.
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