[president]

Sexism and harassment is even more prevalent in the entertainment industry and there are plenty of women working in entertainment. Although I agree sexism/harassment exists in tech, I don't believe it's a valid argument for why there is a gender gap.

[pseudalopex]

Male and female actors rarely compete for the same roles. Many other jobs in the entertainment industry are dominated by men. Orchestras used to be, but blind auditions made them more balanced. Just pointing to the entertainment industry doesn't disprove a connection between sexism and gender imbalance.

[eloisius]

Yeah, I certainly don't know either. I'm just saying that arguing that it _is_ a pipeline issue based on the stats vs. saying that it's a culture issue that affects the pipeline is just two people talking past each other.