[B-Con]

> Why is it that so many people (such as this author) use participation rates as an indicator of equity?

It's easier to chase metrics than fix problems. Any many are deaf to the possibility that equal treatment would not yield equal participation.

[setra]

This is just the Marxist dialectic applied to social issues. If there is a difference in outcome it can only be because of discrimination.

[necessity]

Relevant: https://youtu.be/ENL-Jv8GVkk#t=29m15s

[TazeTSchnitzel]

Why wouldn't it? Kids are taught from childhood what their gender is supposed to like. If we got rid of that, surely far more non-men would be in tech.