Teaching Python to kids

Posted Jul 6, 2018 21:50 UTC (Fri) by HelloWorld (guest, #56129)
In reply to: Teaching Python to kids by karkhaz
Parent article: Teaching Python to kids

> it should help to visualise how industries can become (and then remain) segregated, given even a slight predisposition to affiliate with members of your own group.
But the point is that it doesn't seem to be that way in practice. All fields in academia were heavily male-dominated at the beginning of the 20th century, and yet this has switched for a large number of fields, where psychology is just one example. In fact there are more women than men enrolling in universities these days.

Teaching Python to kids

Posted Jul 6, 2018 22:42 UTC (Fri) by Cyberax (✭ supporter ✭, #52523) [Link] (1 responses)

Switched?

Just about 25% of employed psychology professors are female. Even though majority (around 70%) of graduates are female.

Nope, no discrimination whatsoever.

Teaching Python to kids

Posted Jul 7, 2018 0:04 UTC (Sat) by HelloWorld (guest, #56129) [Link]

> Just about 25% of employed psychology professors are female. Even though majority (around 70%) of graduates are female.
This is, again, not evidence for discrimination by itself. I have no idea why these numbers are the way they are, I haven't seen compelling evidence either way and you have, once again, not provided any.

Anyway, I think you've made your position quite clear. You also made it quite clear that you're not prepared to show any real evidence for the discrimination theory, and I'm sorry to say that you didn't leave me with the impression of somebody who will follow the evidence wherever it leads. So I'm done here.