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Buge on Aug 8, 2017 | parent | context | favorite | on: Google Fires Employee Behind Controversial Diversi...

I never said the author's positions were mild or plausible, or that biology explains what happened to women in CS in the US.

mr_spothawk on Aug 8, 2017 [–]

you raise an interesting point. I'd be curious to see workforce gender distributions outside of the US.

mvdwoord on Aug 8, 2017 | [–]

Do some research on the nordic gender paradox. It seems that (simplified) if you forcefully "level the playing field" that intrinsic biological differences are stronger, not weaker.

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