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Aug 8, 2017 · 1 min read

Jdrch — you are arguing against an imaginary straw man. You are totally missing the point by about a hundred miles.

Reading the relevant section (“Possible non-bias causes of the gender gap in tech/Personality differences”) in the Google Manifest, its author makes no claim whatsoever that men are better programmers, system architects or javascript monkeys.

What the manifest claims, and that is truly an interesting question, is that (for example) women on average are not *interested* in programming jobs. It is a problem of attraction, not necessarily a lack of ability.

Direct quote:

> Women on average show a higher interest in people and men in things

This concept of “interest in things vs. people” comes from the research of several Scientists, for example Richard Lippa, psychology professor at California State University . e.g.:

what are you doing when you are lost with your car:

  • Getting out the street maps and being hellbent of figuring it out yourself like a puzzle to solve?
  • Or finding a trustworthy looking local and simply asking them?

What do you like doing on your job?

  • Tinkering with a system and tools?
  • Or communicating with other people and building relationships?

http://sci-hub.cc/10.1111/j.1751-9004.2010.00320.x

https://www.researchgate.net/publication/38061313_Men_and_Things_Women_and_People_A_Meta-Analysis_of_Sex_Differences_in_Interests

It would be really interesting if you could find something refuting that, but at a cursory glance the studies look solid (e.g.: Scientific findings and not discrimination and bla,bla , as you insinuate)

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