> Tech is very male dominated and the more inclusive we are the more ideas we bring to the table.
Tech has been bending over backwards for quite a while, but to no avail.
In contrast, marketing, law, medicine etc used to be very male dominated a few decades ago, made almost no attempt at welcoming women, and still got many of them.
It's almost as if women make their own choices, and it's not really down to how welcoming specific fields are? It's almost as if women have preferences of their own? Who would have guessed?
> Tech has been bending over backwards for quite a while, but to no avail.
You're applying a false equivalence here. Some things are positive changes and make sense, and some are not. Grouping everything together isn't helpful.
I am male, and my first thought on reading the title was that it was juvenile to a point that I was surprised to see it as a title on HN. Hearing someone else echo that feedback is helpful and will hopefully help the author in their growth.
This is not a "bend over backwards" request, it's a dumb sexual joke on HN, and your response comes across as very condescending.
For what it's worth, I even partially agree with you.
I went back and noticed that the original comment is dead and flagged now. So I 'vouched' for it: I don't entirely agree with the contents, but I think it is part of a good debate.
Tech has been bending over backwards for quite a while, but to no avail.
In contrast, marketing, law, medicine etc used to be very male dominated a few decades ago, made almost no attempt at welcoming women, and still got many of them.
It's almost as if women make their own choices, and it's not really down to how welcoming specific fields are? It's almost as if women have preferences of their own? Who would have guessed?
See https://slatestarcodex.com/2017/08/01/gender-imbalances-are-... and https://slatestarcodex.com/2017/08/07/contra-grant-on-exagge...