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by learc83 4160 days ago
>Why aren't there analogous articles written by electricians? You'd have to ask the electricians.

Software engineers aren't the ones writing these articles, and this is an article in Newsweek not a tech blog.

>I'll focus on the change that I have half a chance of making some progress on.

We're not talking about software engineers getting together and deciding to make our workplaces more hospitable to women (which I fully support). We're talking about people from outside singling us out for societal problems, while wrapping themselves in moral superiority.

This isn't bout helping women, it's about getting clicks by picking on an unpopular easy target. The same way we had articles blaming San Fransisco's housing prices on Google buses.

Again if they really cared about women, they'd be pushing for programs designed to get women into skilled trades.

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Exactly. The diversity hand wringers could be targeting any industry they want right now but are lasering in on tech.

They smell the blood in the water.