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by hipcactus 3190 days ago
If he made that claim, then you can quote it and cite it from his document.

This article is about how he did not make that claim, while media outlets and social media accounts claimed he did.

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"Differences in distributions of traits between men and women may in part explain why we don’t have 50% representation of women in tech and leadership. Discrimination to reach equal representation is unfair, divisive, and bad for business."
I don't see, "less capable as engineers" stated or implied in that quote.
> Neuroticism (higher anxiety, lower stress tolerance).This may contribute to the higher levels of anxiety women report on Googlegeist and to the lower number of women in high stress jobs.

Women are less suited for high stress jobs, i.e. leadership positions.

It's also possible that women are, overall, less interested in high stress jobs.