famousringo said:
Just because some women are thick-skinned enough to put up with it is no excuse for driving away those who aren't. I used to think feminism was largely a solved problem. The major battles were won and we just needed to wait for the dinosaurs to die out. Pay equality has a way to go, but it's getting better, so why worry? But not all numbers are moving in the right direction. Female Computer Science grads peaked at 35% way back in 1984 and have fallen down to 12% in recent years. Women representation in top creative positions in the film industry are in the mid-teens and falling. You can't convince me that women stink at math and logic or don't see a useful career in computers, or that they aren't interested in making movies. So I can only conclude that without enough feminist pressure for reform, a boy's club culture is re-asserting itself in certain industries, and it makes the environment toxic for women in ways both subtle and obvious. |
Why would I need to convince you of anything?, and what does the number of female computer science grads have to do with anything?
Last i checked people had a choice in what course they chose to take, is it really so far fetched to consider the idea that women simply find interest in other things? your entire point here seems to be based purely on the assumption that you both understand the views of a woman, and that a larger portion of women think in the same way.
