Comment on Men Overran a Job Fair for Women in Tech

TwistedTurtle@monero.town ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

• chiliedogg@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

  Coal mining pretty much died as a career path before women could really get into it.

  Primary education pays terribly for the education level, so the educated men go elsewhere.

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• hotsox@lemmy.blahaj.zone ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

  Its not the same comparison tho. Tech is a far more lucrative career than coal mining/primary ed. Inequity in tech affects a lot more than inequity in those other fields.

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• Kirkkh@lemm.ee ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

  Idk if you know what you’re rallying against. People aren’t saying companies should just blindly hire someone. People are saying it’s worrying that the most profitable and culturally relevant industry isn’t attracting a diverse crowd. That could mean there’s rampant gatekeeping, nepotism, sexism, abuse, etc. it’s like when men complain of the ratio of men to women on dating apps—they’re not saying to pretend there’s more women (like scamming numbers or somehow tricking women to joining), there alerting people that the app doesn’t provide ideal conditions to attract more women (or I guess less men).

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