The Grace Hopper Celebration is meant to unite women in tech. This year droves of men came looking for jobs.

  • TwistedTurtle@monero.town
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    9 months ago

    The day I hear complaints about the lack of men in primary education and the lack of women I coal mining, then I’ll give a shit about the lack of women in tech. I don’t understand why society is deciding tech is sexist but the others are just natural preference.

    • chiliedogg@lemmy.world
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      9 months ago

      Coal mining pretty much died as a career path before women could really get into it.

      Primary education pays terribly for the education level, so the educated men go elsewhere.

    • hotsox@lemmy.blahaj.zone
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      9 months ago

      Its not the same comparison tho. Tech is a far more lucrative career than coal mining/primary ed. Inequity in tech affects a lot more than inequity in those other fields.

    • Kirkkh@lemm.ee
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      9 months ago

      Idk if you know what you’re rallying against. People aren’t saying companies should just blindly hire someone. People are saying it’s worrying that the most profitable and culturally relevant industry isn’t attracting a diverse crowd. That could mean there’s rampant gatekeeping, nepotism, sexism, abuse, etc. it’s like when men complain of the ratio of men to women on dating apps—they’re not saying to pretend there’s more women (like scamming numbers or somehow tricking women to joining), they’re alerting people that the app doesn’t provide ideal conditions to attract more women (or I guess less men). Like a skewed dating app (except much much worse) having less diversity on tech hurts everyone.