> Isn't what makes HN great is that we
> look at the data and seek empirical
> evidence, and not just take action based on emotion?
That isnt what makes HN great nor what it does.
The article is refuting a strawman, the complaints about the gender pay gap are primarily around the lack of career advancement options for women, workplace discrimination, being asked to do the work of a senior without the relvant title / pay etc.
This article gets upvoted on HN, similiarly to the article about the sexist scientist yesterday[1] so the 90% 20-30yo white males can talk about how discrimination / sexism doesnt exist and women obviously just arent interested in highly paid careers while ignoring the years of painfully obvious data and research to the contrary.
It gets taken off the front page because HN mods arent that fussed about Hacker News being a blatantly sexist community, they would just prefer to not actually be seen as such
[1] - https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=18112125
That isnt what makes HN great nor what it does.
The article is refuting a strawman, the complaints about the gender pay gap are primarily around the lack of career advancement options for women, workplace discrimination, being asked to do the work of a senior without the relvant title / pay etc.
This article gets upvoted on HN, similiarly to the article about the sexist scientist yesterday[1] so the 90% 20-30yo white males can talk about how discrimination / sexism doesnt exist and women obviously just arent interested in highly paid careers while ignoring the years of painfully obvious data and research to the contrary.
It gets taken off the front page because HN mods arent that fussed about Hacker News being a blatantly sexist community, they would just prefer to not actually be seen as such
[1] - https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=18112125