This whole premise is stupid. We don't seem to have a problem with the lack of female linesmen, plumbers, construction workers, electricians, HVAC specialists, or garbage men. There isn't a pest control or sewage treatment Barbie. There also isn't a problem when 57% of college graduates are female.
If women want to work in tech, nothing is stopping them. They can learn to program, and write code. This is something that you can teach yourself, you don't need to deal with or rely upon anyone else. It seems that the problem is, at least as described by the New York Times, that women don't want to log the hours, and they want to do something that's more social. That's fine, there is nothing wrong with that. But they may be better off doing something other than writing code if that's the case.
Women log fewer hours in other areas as well. Female doctors see fewer patients than male doctors, and female lawyers are much less likely to make partner because they log far fewer hours than male lawyers. There is nothing wrong with this. Men and women are different. This isn't inherently bad or wrong.
Disclaimer: My staff is 80% female. We received more qualified female applicants than male applicants, so that's who we hired.
If women want to work in tech, nothing is stopping them. They can learn to program, and write code. This is something that you can teach yourself, you don't need to deal with or rely upon anyone else. It seems that the problem is, at least as described by the New York Times, that women don't want to log the hours, and they want to do something that's more social. That's fine, there is nothing wrong with that. But they may be better off doing something other than writing code if that's the case.
Women log fewer hours in other areas as well. Female doctors see fewer patients than male doctors, and female lawyers are much less likely to make partner because they log far fewer hours than male lawyers. There is nothing wrong with this. Men and women are different. This isn't inherently bad or wrong.
Disclaimer: My staff is 80% female. We received more qualified female applicants than male applicants, so that's who we hired.