| >> You think that, just because you are interested in tech, every other woman
must also be. You keep assigning motives and thoughts to me, even though I made it clear
that I find it unpleasant and asked you to stop it. I clarified that my
original comment was not addressing criticism to you personally and that the
use of word "you" did not mean you personally, either. I don't see what I did
to justify your confrontational tone, other than disagree with your
interpretation of some data. As to the rest of your comment: >> Most women just have no interest in a technical career. Be that (software)
engineers, mechanics or truck drivers. It is a choice they made based on their
interests (you can prove that yourself by just asking random women on the
street) and it is on you to accept that you are part of a minority and that
isn't going to change. I'm not as uncommon as you think. I'm originally from Greece,
where it is quite common for women to follow careers in technology and the
sciences. It is not common in the UK where I live, but that suggests some sort
of cultural bias. Additionally, I've worked with several female
developers from India over the years and they also don't think it's uncommon, or that
it's a job that's not suited for women- quite the contrary; they see it as
"office work" which is definitely better for women than manual work. But let's stick to women in the US and the UK, which I'm guessing you're more
familiar with. The point remains that observing that "women are not
interested in technology" does not explain why they are not interested in
technology. Which means it doesn't explain why women are not pursuing careers
in technology, either. This has nothing to do with subjective or objective analysis. Data alone does
not explain anything. It does not have exegetic power, one would say. So the
observation that "women are not interested in technology" does not explain
anything not because I don't want it to, but because it can't. Theories do have exegetic power. But observations alone do not constitute a
theory. |