Even just the subset of toxicity which is “pervasive attitudes and comments that demean and dehumanize everyone, but women more so than men”, I’ll be surprised if it’s not a major contributor to the disparity.
Agreed.
When a middle-school girl is teased for asking questions about algebra, I don’t much care whether it’s leaving or never entering.
Agreed, but I’m not sure how to read the point of you bringing it up as it doesn’t seem exactly relevant to my point?
Earl E. Bird said that he thinks the reasons for gender disparity are the same as the reasons women leave tech. I’m saying that does not necessarily hold true unless the number of women leaving accounts for the gender disparity.
Agreed.
Agreed, but I’m not sure how to read the point of you bringing it up as it doesn’t seem exactly relevant to my point?
Earl E. Bird said that he thinks the reasons for gender disparity are the same as the reasons women leave tech. I’m saying that does not necessarily hold true unless the number of women leaving accounts for the gender disparity.