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[ PRIVACY Forum ] New York Times: "Technology's Man Problem"
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New York Times: "Technology's Man Problem"
http://j.mp/1fWHQ7H (New York Times)
"Today, even as so many barriers have fallen - whether at elite
universities, where women outnumber men, or in running for the
presidency, where polls show that fewer people think gender makes a
difference - computer engineering, the most innovative sector of the
economy, remains behind. Many women who want to be engineers encounter
a field where they not only are significantly underrepresented but
also feel pushed away. Tech executives often fault schools, parents
or society in general for failing to encourage girls to pursue
computer science. But something else is at play in the industry: Among
the women who join the field, 52 percent leave by midcareer, a
startling attrition rate that is double that for men, according to
research from the Harvard Business School. A culprit, many people in
the field say, is a sexist, alpha-male culture that can make women and
other people who don't fit the mold feel unwelcome, demeaned or even
endangered."
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