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Tech bros' attitude to female colleagues stuck in dark ages::Research sheds light on attitudes holding industry back

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[–] onlinepersona@programming.dev 14 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Tech bros' attitude to female colleagues stuck in dark ages

Almost one in five [...]

Imagine if the article started with

Feminists attitude to men stuck in the dark ages

Almost one in five

Would you take it seriously?

20% is not good, but that title makes it seem like it's 80%.

The female IT colleagues I've had have been just like med: OK to stellar. The only absolute IT knobhead I've had the displeasure of dealing with was a dude, and the only non-IT dickhead colleague was a woman.


For the study, follow https://www.fawcettsociety.org.uk/system-update-addressing-the-gender-gap-in-tech-report and scroll to the bottom.

They interviewed 21 women and had an online survey with

555 women and 523 men who currently or have recently left a tech role (less than 4 years ago), 360 women who have not worked in tech, but hold a qualification in a STEM subject at Level 3 or above

and these people were 90% from England. There were 1.7 million people in tech in the UK in July 2023. The US has 9.7M and I have no idea how many the EU has (too lazy to search). But to generalize the findings of a single country globally...

What a bad article.