[creo]

I have similar view to her. Its kinda harder for me to say it because im a man.

There is also a story behind my view. It goes like this: Im a runner. Not very good, not very fast, just average. Most of the time, im in the middle of my category. All local races are like 80% man and 20% woman. So while im in the middle, my female colleague running same pace is almost always on the podium. It works in her favor. IT DOES NOT MEAN THAT SHES BETTER/WORSE OR FAVORED/DISCRIMINATED. It just doesn't mean anything, So why we have that kinda ridiculous talk in IT? Who benefits from dividing communities?

[Sholmesy]

Yes, but biologically men are faster runners. We can measure this by comparing times from various athletes/general population. It is very difficult to quantify skill at creating software. I don't know if these two things are comparable, I think you might be implying that men are biologically better at creating software. Maybe they are, but I'd like to see the study, as I don't believe that to be the case.

[cocktailpeanuts]

The problem with this whole conversation is people add their worst cast assumptions and value judge that.

When Damore said people have different traits, he meant it in a statistical way https://video-images.vice.com/_uncategorized/1502146696203-S...

And he definitely didn't say men are better. That was the assumption added by people who propagated the message. If you haven't read the original, please try to read it, and I mean really, read it, not skim over it and make judgment.

And please try to be open minded and don't add your own assumptions about what other people meant such as:

"I think you might be implying that men are biologically better at creating software."

[dsfjksdf]

It starts to matter once the winners of the race get serious amounts of money.

[creo]

If it is about money than im disappointed.