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by malvosenior 4117 days ago
I don't think a 1:1 ratio should be a goal. I think "any women that wants to be in tech can do so without any gender discrimination" is much healthier.

Forcing more women into a field that they didn't choose on their own is its own form of discrimination.

I also think we should stop pointing to unresolved harassment claims and using them as fact that there is discrimination in our industry. Anyone can file a claim, proving your case and winning is an entirely different thing.

Innocent until proven guilty is an ideal that I'm afraid is getting lost in a lot of this discussion.

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A 1:1 ratio isn't a "goal", it's how things statistically would be, in any field with a large enough population, when biological sex becomes as socio-economically significant as shoe size. That is with the possible exception of any fields that directly involve biological sex differences, but we don't even have a definite answer that there are any of those.
I can't wait for the when all of the shitty professions are 1:1 too. Wonder if I can get a free ride into the nursing profession.
+1