Wow, that's fantastic. Did you see the numbers change in the 2011 MIT report[1]? And that LPFI report[2] is just mindblowing.
"The vast majority of men in startups believed their
companies spent an adequate amount of time
addressing diversity (82%). Almost 40% of women,
however, believed not enough time was devoted to
addressing company diversity. Additionally, women in
startups were much more likely to endorse companywide practices to increase diversity than their male
counterparts in startups (65% versus 41%)."
"Female status and underrepresented racial/ethnic
status were both significant predictors of negative
workplace experiences suggesting that negative
workplace experiences increase with membership in
both demographic groups (F(1,555)=15.4, p<.00, and
F(1,555)=7.47, p<.01; B=.68, SE=.18, p<.01 and B=.73,
SE=.29, p<.05; Appendix 2)"
Now that's the way to shoot down a "there's no problem here it's just that women don't want to do startups" argument.
Thanks, I had no idea the numbers were so compelling. I wish there was more of what you're posting on the front page.
Women leave technology because of overt and subtle sexism and harassment; http://rachelappel.com/stats-data-and-answers-as-to-why-ther...
And there are plenty that get cut off in the "university" step of your funnel because they aren't equal there either: http://web.mit.edu/fnl/women/women.html#What%20the%20Committ...
That being said, the trend is moving towards women running both the business and the home, solo if need be: http://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/print/2010/07/the-end-of...
Do those help?