We can teach women to code, but that just creates another problem

Posted by mbaehrlxer on Mar 30, 2017 11:10 AM EDT
theguardian – Logic magazine; By Miriam Posner
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Get-girls-to-code initiatives aim to fix tech’s gender imbalance – but they may help reinforce it – Conventional wisdom says that the key to reducing gendered inequality in tech is giving women the skills they need to enter particular roles. But in practice, when more women enter a role, its value seems to go down more.

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